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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Everyone was challenged. Parents were much less stressed because they didn’t have to worry about prepping their kids for tests in first grade that would determine their academic path for the next seven years. Everyone was much happier. Nobody even knew which group they were in, so as far as the kids were concerned they were all on the same level. But we can’t do that here. We’ve got to be elitist somehow. ”

There is support for AAP from many parents because in K-2 FCPS schools do exactly what you said - a group for this or that level in a mixed room. And their experience 9 times out of 10 is that the fast group barely meets with the teacher as her time is focused much more heavily on the slower groups. It’s frustrating to have such unequal amounts of teacher time over and over. [/quote]

Yeah this is the wrong way to do it.  You need to differentiate by the entire class.  Having 4 teachers teach four different levels to each class is idiotic.  To prevent fatigue you could switch levels every quarter or at least ever year.  Year 1 top group Year 2 bottom group Year 3 second from bottom Year 4 second from the top etc.  [/quote]

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