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[quote=Anonymous]Most AARTs work part time, and meet once a month with each classroom for level 1 enrichment. The 2nd grade teachers identifies some kids for advanced work and the aart pulls them out once a week, usually for math (level 2)

Unless your kid is one identified for level 2 work, the aart will only have a cursory idea who they are, and the gbrs will likely be all 8, with some random writing sample.

Teachers are human, and their time is finite. Unless the 2nd grade teacher has identified a kid for level 2 services, or they are looking at some great scores, chances are they will spend a limited amount of time on each kid.

How do kids get identified for level 2 work? Usually they are the kids who have already mastered 2nd grade math in the beginning of the year.

Problem is, there are no individualized services for K and 1 st grade, so advancing ahead in math depends on after school programs like Kumon -- even when you start out with a kindergartner well ahead of his peers.

If your kid is the one who is tired after 7 hours of school and balks at extra math (and homework) after school, you will simply fall through the gbrs cracks, even with a smart kid.[/quote]

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