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[quote=Anonymous]This is a great question and should be a useful conversation.  We are at LAMB, with both lower elementary and primary students, and while I know my kids are progressing, it is an adjustment to not see grades on their quarterly reports.  I am not suggesting however, that I want them to get grades and there are benchmarks and assessments that they take.  For instance, they use one of the reading programs (A to Z? perhaps) that LAMB administrators believe has the best match to a Montessori curriculum and the reading levels do match up to a grade level. The kids read at their own pace and choose from a selection of books in the appropriate level.  They have small reading groups that you can participate in once you reach a certain level, but the kids are at a vast spread of reading levels between 1st - 3rd grades that it doesn't come across as differentiated learning.  I am still working to understand how math is assessed because it is very different in Montessori, but they do have to Master skills before they can move on to the next skill.

Looking forward to following this thread.  I am thrilled with the Montessori system, but there is more I can learn about it.  [/quote]

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