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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was the year 2000.  But that just proves my point.  Many ideas and reforms aren't novel new ideas, they are updates/reboots/refined versions of older ideas.  So flexible groupings were the status quo in the 80's to 90's, the pendulum moved away from that.  We then saw things like balanced literacy and "new" math.  Things seem to move further left with the equity focus, etc.  Are we starting to go back towards the center?[/quote]

So last century.

Flexible groupings are far more equitable than AAP. 
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PP.  Yes, I agree with you.  It worked when I was a kid, things started to change when I was in college and hopefully things will swing back that direction.  I like the very small GT for those who really need it.[/quote]

DP.  Agreed.  I'm the poster who grew up in FCPS when there was a tiny GT program.  No one resented those students because it was clear they were ACTUALLY gifted and needed a separate program.  Everyone else was put into flexible groups depending on their level, and no one was locked into any one group.  Students can improve and move up, or receive remediation, depending on their abilities in each core subject.  That was the way to go.  [/quote]
This was a time when kids were held back or removed and class didn’t “wait” on kids. Now the general education is the equivalent to 90s LD. AAP is just regular education” from 15 years ago. If they went back to recognizing that some kids don’t meet the standard and to continue moving forward for the 80% then you wouldn’t need AAP.[/quote]

+1
The lack of a class for the kids who just need a way slower pace is what "breaks" the flexible grouping model. [/quote]

That's the problem. We have no problem creating a smart kids class, but we can't make kids feel bad by creating a slow kids class. [b]That makes all of the non AAP classes become slow kid classes[/b] [/quote]

:shock: 
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Classes move at the speed of the slowest group of students. Schools can pretend they differentiate, but they aren't teaching some kids 6th grade math in 5th (i.e. current advanced math), other kids grade level math and other kids 4th grade math. In reality, everyone will be on a pace somewhere below grade level [/quote]

This hasn't been the case for my kids. There were kids who were behind the pace and ended up getting extra help to catch them up. There is a schedule of skills to cover SOLs and they don't stop if some kids are behind. 
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