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[quote=Anonymous]Committee palcement is a County thing but how the program is run is a school thing.  Center schools run classrooms differently. Some allow principal placed students, some don't. Some allow math push in, some don't. What is taught in the classroom is different based ont he students that they have. A Title 1 Center school is likely adjusting the curriculum for its students while a high SES Center school is adjusting its curriculum for different reasons.

LLIV is run very differently, so committee placed kids who stay at their base schools will have different experiences.

I would guess that committee placement is different for the different Centers. We know that the scores for in-pool are normed by the local school, want to bet that there are different scores that are considered for a Title 1 Center then a high SES Center?

I don't have a problem with classrooms and curriculum meeting the needs of the students found in them, I am fine with that. I think that is what schools should do. I do think that every school should be required to have a class for kids in advanced math. I don't think it is acceptable to say that the Center LIV class is full so kids needing advanced math don't get advanced math. Schools can place kids needing advanced math into one class so that those kids can get advanced math. The various services have not been uniformly conducted and that is problematic.

I would love for there to be clearly identified test scores for admission into LIV, I am fine with those being locally normalized. Raise the bar so that the top 5% of the kids by test scores are automatically placed in LIV/full time serivces. The kids from 6%-10% are in-pool. Then allow parent referal. The committee can fill classes from there.

Advanced math is guarenteed for any child with a MAP score in the 95th percentile. Schools either find room in the LIV class, LLIV class, or create an advanced math class. [/quote]

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