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[quote=Anonymous]DC is starting at a mcps middle school and just got her schedule - of course the first thing she did is compare schedules with her friends, and unfortunately none are in her classes (which she was prepared for as it is a large middle school and she is coming from a small feeder elementary school).  What I noticed, though, is that the kids who had been in the advanced reading and G&T classes are all in the same classes in middle school.  Obviously I am only seeing a small sample size, but it got me wondering if there is unofficial grouping by ability in middle school classes - e.g., were all of the advanced readers placed into english classes together, are all of the kids coming from the HGC placed into classes together, etc.  I know that math is a separate matter because the kids are in IM and some are in math 6.  I plan to ask about this at back to school night, but I am also asking here because I suspect the official "party line" is that there is not ability grouping, but I am wondering if in practice it does happen.[/quote]

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