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[quote=Anonymous]“Each class has a group of very disruptive kids who ideally need their own aide, either as a group or even individually. They don’t seem to be getting much education simply because they are so distracted they can’t possibly learn much.”

Many parents worry about “those kids.” However, we have children with behavioral issues in every school. The children I have taught who have had behaviors rising to conduct disorder were full-pay tuition kids at an independent Catholic school. The kids I have known who couldn’t keep their hands to themselves were also at a $$ private school.

“The rest of the kids are very very different from each other in terms of their levels. Ideally each class should have at least 3 level groups (not counting the separate one for distractable kids).”

As someone who has read the ERB results for private school classrooms, I can guarantee you every classroom has a broad range of abilities. It’s more common than not to have some kids testing in the single-digit percentiles and some kids up above 90th percentile, even in schools with admissions testing.[/quote]

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