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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS can't even meet the needs of average students never mind the gifted.  The majority of kids in DCPS in all testing grades are below grade level in reading and math including high schoolers.  Quite understandable why they don't bother with gifted education since they are woefully inadequate in teaching anyone.[/quote]

Which is why focusing on in-class differentiation that ensures all kids are taught at the right level is the right answer. It doesn't have to be either/or.[/quote]

Differentiation is obviously [b]not[/b] working at all since DCPS has pathetically low proficiency rates in reading and math for large swaths of its students. Then you have large cohorts of families bailing on DCPS in order to meet their kids' educational needs.[/quote]

No. Differentiation [b]isn't happening[/b] in most DCPS. Skipping from nothing to "let's just pull out the advanced kids" doesn't address the bigger problem. And differentiation, done right, can actually address all of the issues (except, perhaps, for the profoundly gifted, whom we can all agree make up an incredibly small portion of the population--maybe 1 or 2 kids per school).[/quote]

I would beg to differ. What DCPS schools are you finding that are not attempting to put in adequate or appropriate efforts to differentiate? [/quote]

Well, just upthread two Janney posters said in-class differentiation isn't happening there. And in schools with less affluent populations, people report that the bulk of resources go to supporting kids who aren't proficient, without differentiation at the proficient/advanced levels.

True, in-class differentiation is about small, ability-leveled groups in every class, with instruction and assignments targeted to each different level. It's regular reassessment and fluid movement among groups, as appropriate.[/quote]

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