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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why people are claiming montessori kids can't do well at testing. How do you explain LAMB scores then? 
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Maybe because LAMB does pullouts and after school reading groups that aren't necessarily Montessori-based for students who are struggling. They also have computers in the classrooms for upper elementary, and allow students to do lessons on them. These things are part of why some call LAMB Montessori-light, but it does help their students perform on standardized tests AND provides data about who is, and isn't, achieving grade level mastery.[/quote]

I think LAMB has been around long enough to know how to meet public school targets while also being faithful to Montessori. It is something Lee is probably learning now the hard way. A "true" Montessorian doesn't test but the teacher knows what the child knows based on their mastery of the lessons. [b]A kid who has learned Montessori math may not test well when asked about math in a different type of question format[/b] - this is just a guess, it's also possible they aren't learning math well? I'd be surprised though. Montessori keeps close track of the lessons each child does. LAMB realizes that the kids need to function in their later non-Montessori environment and that they're a public school so they have to meet public targets. In K the kids start working intensively on English reading, for instance, using some materials that are from the traditional curriculum. I'm not sure it's "light" -  also the newly hired ED and principal are both exclusively Montessori trained and have spent their entire careers in it so I can't imagine they won't be faithful to it. [/quote]

What does the bolded even mean? Math is math. If my kid learns "Montessori math" but can't do a similar math problem in a different way, he hasn't learned math.[/quote]

OK, obviously you haven't taken a lot of standardized tests before.[/quote]

Math in a Montessori classroom is not done with paper and pencil until well into upper elementary, for starters.  [/quote]

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