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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What exactly is the "tracking" that keeps being mentioned. Can someone describe what it is and why its currently insuffient?[/quote] Tracking means different kids in the same grade get "tracked" into different levels of math based on ability. Most of us grew up with a version of this - honors classes. DCPS doesn't do it by policy, but some schools try to differentiate in the same classroom for kids who are ready for harder work. This is obviously pretty opaque, hard to account for outcomes, incredibly unequal in application across schools (and teachers) and very hard on the teacher vs. having kids grouped by basic ability. It's a point of contention for UMC families who want their kids to enter high school ready to tackle AP subjects so they show well on college applications but may not be able to make that happen without a lot of outside supplementation if they can't get to Algebra before high school.[/quote]
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