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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS presented the solution as subject-specific (Math or ELA) grade acceleration.  I.e., 3rd graders in need of ELA acceleration beyond the enrichment groupings go to 4th grade classroom for the block.

Among others, challenges include:

-- need for schedule alignment of subject teaching blocks across grades (difficult to manage with need to distribute specials and the like)

-- social/emotional mechanics among kids of different ages in the same class (on top of the social mechanics of differentiation among the students within the grade) and age-related maturity differences in student-teacher interactions

-- scheduling for MCAP/other standardized test schedules, if tied to grade of enrollment vs. grade of instruction, and

-- arranging for transport to/from MS at appropriately synchronized times for elementary students when their acceleration need requires access to middle school classes.

Some of these problems exist to one extent or another/have parallels within the current paradigm (and just about any differentiation paradigm, for that matter).  Success, reiterated by the Superintendent as  measured by school average MCAP scores, will depend largely on how the system resources/trains teachers, identifies/places students and engages/communicates with caregivers, all of which will be made more difficult with the budget under-funding, relative to MCPS plan/BOE request, the County Council is set to present.[/quote]

This is not what MCPS is planning to do. They aren't going to send 3rd graders to 4th grade. They are going to have a small group within a 3rd grade class that receives acceleration. Which of course won't happen, because a teacher can't teach two different classes at the same time, not across over 100 MCPS elementary schools. They have a hard enough teaching the grade-level class.[/quote]

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