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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not try to elevate everyone by 10%? Every group will get better that way.

I understand that it won't  narrow the achievement gap, but why are we focusing on achievement gap to start with.

Why not try to push the top group and the bottom group at the same time even if achievement gap remains the same?

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AGREE completely.  MCPS should focus on showing progression for each student.  It would make so much more sense.

[b]TRying to close the achievement gap is misguided at best[/b], hugely detrimental at worse.  [/quote]

Here's what you're saying: as long as every student is learning something, it's fine with me for white, Asian-American, and non-poor students, as a group, to do better in school than other groups.[/quote]

Not the PP, but you are misunderstanding the point raised by posters. MCPS should aim to elevate everyone from their current level.  Each child should get attention and some child should more attention which they already get in terms of Tile 1/Focus/FARMs etc.

[b]Everyone at 50% efficiency with zero achievement gap is not a better outcome than one group at 90% and other group at 70%.[/b][/quote]

It should be an aim that each child gets EQUAL attention during teacher instruction time no matter what performance level, SES or race. [/quote]

The goal should be appropriate time, not equal because some kids will need less instruction and some will need more. If your non-Hispanic kid and mine are in the same Spanish 2 class, mine will need less time to grasp the same material because mine sometimes speaks Spanish at home and has also studied another Romance language for years. It would be unfair to give your child and mine exactly the same amount of time and then claim your child is dragging down the rigor of the class.[/quote]

Agree here. Appropriate time is needed. I will take 90%-70% scenario anytime over everyone at 50%. [/quote]

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