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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CMI scored very high on emotional support in the classroom (over 90%).  While it scored very low on K-2 math, it scored high on preschool math, preschool reading or K-2 reading.  I was surprised that the math scores drop that much from preschool to K-2, considering that the younger program should be well-established by now.

However, I was not surprised that the upper grades do not do well at CMI.  I visited the program and the school mission seems well integrated with a focus on the whole child, teamwork, and communication, but there seems to be no "meat" to the school in terms of math, science, academics, or even grammar.  The upper grades suffer the most from this lack of academic rigor interwoven with the "feel good" mission of the school[/quote]

I am a happy CMI parent and thrilled to be Tier 2.  We are over-sold by a few Koolaid moms as "academically rigorous" when it's not true.  Those of us who like the small, quiet, non-academic environment lose out as new families expect more "math, science, academics, or even grammar."  I don't need the academics to improve.  I would prefer CMI to focus on emotional support.  We are not at CMI despite the academics, but instead, we are at CMI because they don't focus or do academics, and we are not the only family that feels that way.  The increased in testing that I've seen over the years at CMI is upsetting since that's not why we went there in the first place.[/quote]

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