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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think its very hard to get a 5 on math if your school never teaches level 5 material.  ELA is different — reading lots outside of school easily helps a lot there.[/quote]

Both my kids have always gotten 5s on math and it’s a combination of being really gifted in math and having an excellent math tutor. [/quote]

This is satire, right? You pay for a tutor and still cling to the idea of exceptionalism? Must be satire.[/quote]

You can have a totally brilliant kid but still need to be taught math. Not sure how that escapes you. Same goes for many subjects. This is why there is so much untapped potential in bad schools- the kids are smart but they won’t get top scores on standardized tests because the teachers aren’t teaching them what they need to know to get those top scores. [/quote]

This.

I thought I was at a good enough DCPS school, but when we were discussing PARCC with the teacher she said "no one gets a 5 in Math" and that raised so many alarm bells. What that means is that the teachers are not able to teach the hardest problems that show up on PARCC.

It doesn't matter how smart the kid is, or how smart the parents are -- if the kids aren't exposed to the material, they won't be able to solve the problem.

My kid did eek out a 5 last year, along with I think 2 other kids in his grade. [/quote]

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