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[quote=Anonymous]Yes I agree op. Benchmark for ELA has some pros, but the big con is that it’s all short passage reading unless a teacher decides to go rogue, see Natalie wexlar’s critiques on Benchmark. Nationwide, unfortunately a good % of teachers report not teaching math facts and working to ensure fluency (Ed week had some survey once), so it’s not just FCPS. This is a gap parents need to stay on top of. If your kid learns them at school, you are lucky but it’s not guaranteed. History and science get short shifted some years due to heavy standardized testing. Math is weird bc they don’t drill basics but they are pushing 6th graders into algebra now. And yes, the screens make it all worse. There are bright spots (class sizes are not bad, teachers are generally dedicated, diversity), but overall I’d give the actual educational experience a B-. Thinking back to my childhood, diversity would get a C but academics would get a A-. [/quote]
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