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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Aleysha says her teachers mostly just passed her from one grade to the next in elementary and middle school.”

I can guarantee you that admin told the teachers to keep passing her. It happens every year in my district against the teachers’ objections. [/quote]
[b]There needs to be a mandatory achievement test 2/3 through the school year. [/b]

The parents need to be given a packet from day 1 with several practice tests. Expectations need to be clear

Despite what some education admin seem to think, most people will respond to clear incentives and they do not want to see their kid struggling and repeating the same grade

There needs to be 1 or 2 "lab" periods every school day with 4 students:1 teacher so the kids can get a jump on their homework. In such a lab this girl would have been identified in 1st grade

The average kid gets $10k a year funding, $300,000 a year per classroom. The money is already there. Audit the system to see where the money is going [/quote]

The school systems already do this. FCPS, for example, gives iReady in winter for kids who didn't do well in fall (and again in spring for everyone).[b] And then they ignore it. [/b]Virginia requires mid-year testing for older kids as well. And then they ignore it and the scores aren't reported to parents until a ridiculous amount of time later so you can't even contact the same teacher with concerns.[/quote]

Yep. Montgomery County is constantly testing kids. My kid's testing shows she "needs support" but the schools don't actually offer support based on this. The expectation is that parents provide literacy instruction to kids that aren't learning. That's a ridiculous expectation especially given the demographics of MCPS families.[/quote]

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