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[quote=Anonymous]I have kids in a very racially and socioeconomically diverse MCPS elementary school, so this is an issue I've spent some time thinking about and I wish there were easy answers.

As my oldest moves through the system, I see Black & Latino kids who were her academic peers in kindergarten fall further behind, at least as defined by something as simple as who is in the most advanced reading and math groups.

What's happening?  These are kids with 2-parent homes with parents who have stable if working class employment, and families involved in their kids' education.

So, what is it?  My guess is a combination of subtle racial bias on the part of certain teachers, the summer learning gap, and the cumulative effects of all the enrichment the middle class kids are getting.

I'd like the PP who keeps saying "just follow the suggestions" to come here and tell us, in plain English, what those suggestions are.  There's a gap.  I can see it.  So how do you bridge that gap in the testing process when the cause of the gap is so totally unrelated?   [/quote]

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