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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I put a comment on need for advanced - above grade level - learning at whole class level.

What is E3[/quote]

E3 is an FCPS specific thing. They are implementing advanced math for an entire grade level for 3rd and 4th at some school, with more advanced kids getting in-class differentiation, is the theory. Parents with kids in E3 schools say what ends up happening is that meaningful differentiation happens, as expected because that's a lot to put on a teacher.[/quote]

I believe you meant to write:

“meaningful differentiation does NOT happen under the new E3 model.” Yes?

VMPI would have a similar effect state wide through its “blending” model.[/quote]

Yes, does not.

The thing about VMPI is even though it was changed in, what, April to clarify that advanced tracks would be allowed, the word had already gone out to districts about what was expected (a rural district was actually the first one to report on it well before Loudoun blew it up into the media). FCPS said E3 was designed to adapt to whatever VMPI came up with. They will, of course, adapt to whatever the SOL changes formerly known as VMPI come up with too, as legally required.

People who like to say that "Oh of course they are changing the SOL, the Assembly mandates that!" don't understand that parents are concerned with [b]how[/b] they are changing the standards and what the new standards will be, not the fact that they are changing them. Change could be good! It's just that what they keep straining for looks a lot like the soft bigotry of low expectations.[/quote]

VDOE is not including detracking in the curriculum changes.

Stop fearmongering.

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