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[quote=Anonymous]There is technically supposed to be differentiation/enrichment in class starting in kindergarten but in many (not all) cases it's pretty limited.

This year for the first time, all elementary schools are supposed to have 30 minutes a day of WIN (What I Need) time for all grades to offer enrichment and intervention, but it's a little TBD how that will play out, except that schools will be required (and given materials) to do literacy enrichment during that time for kids in grades 3-5.

Accelerated math starts in grade 4 and continues all the way through high school.  There is enriched literacy in 4th and 5th during the ELA block, but this coming year some schools are doing it in cohorted  classes and some in mixed-level classss. There is an enriched social studies class in middle school.

There are also limited spots in magnets for 4-5 (based on ELA scores) and middle school (one for ELA, one for math and science), done by lottery among the top 10-15% of kids based on test scores.  There's also a variety of high school magnet program offerings, some of which pick the top kids based on applications. These programs are all being reviewed right now though so there's a chance they could change (for better or worse.)[/quote]

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