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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s referring to the RATE, not the kids. It’s a 40% FARMS rate.

I work in a Title I school with a very very high FARMS rate. The pp who said it’s annoying that there are lower class sizes and more staff—I can assure you that this is very needed and your kids will still have far better outcomes than the vast majority of our students who are still low performing despite their hard work and ours. You have nothing to be jealous of, these kids have very few opportunities. [/quote]

It’s this correlation that I always have issue with.  Low income does not necessary mean low performing or capability. This is the issue that people take with Title 1 funding.  All kids will do better with smaller class sizes and more people able to provide individualized attention.

An EML student who is just learning English isn’t necessarily low performing just because they don’t match the expected level of where we believe a native English speaking 1st grader should be.

This is exactly why people need to review and listen to the full reporting of various assessments, because then they can hear the detail that matters.[/quote]

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