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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see no issues with sharing scores, if that is what the kids want.  Kids share all sorts of achievements and it's about time kids can take some pride in their scores.  Children who make it to elite travel soccer teams didn't get there by kicking around in their backyard.  Their parents "enriched them". [b] If kids got high MAP-M scores because they got enrichment, I'm okay with them taking pride in that too.[/b]  (FWIW, it's much harder to do well on MAP-R than MAP-M)

Last week, DS told me a kid at his school ran a 2-minute mile, and DS was so impress.  Kids can make up all sorts of stuff, so you can always tell your kid that if Larlo said he got a 720 on his MAP-M, perhaps he is not so good with his numbers so take what kids say with a grain of salt.

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The difficulty with this is some children have no access to enrichment.  Their peers adjust expectations for each other (as do teachers) based on these 3x yearly scores.  Expectations are often self proving.  So, seems unfair to have a system that is effectively a public ranking of quite young children. [/quote]

Also, I think you are talking about the one-off, where someone is so poor they don't have access to a computer at all.  Most parents I know at our school have cell phones.  Most parents I know have at least laptop at home that they can share with their kids if the kid likes to access resources.  The library is also free for all to use.  If the library is not available, there are online library of free books that kids can access to read.  Kids can also borrow books from their school library.  [/quote]

Lady, you are so highly entitled that you have no idea that it isn't just an issue of having a cell phone that you can so easily enrich.

Mental health issues (parents or kids) 
Disabilities (that can be seen or unknown - again kids or parents)
Financial hardships (not FARMS, but having issues) 
Single parents
Immigrants with limited English
Families that don't understand the curriculum or how to teach it
Having more than 1-2 kids that you can not helicopter all day and night
Siblings with issues that need more time
Divorce or parent issues
Death in the family
Parents that work multiple jobs or their own business and aren't there for after school or evening
Some kids in upper elementary school are actually watching younger siblings after school
Some kids are on their own until dinner time and then their parent(s) has to do dinner, chores, and bedtime.

You thinking only poor people can not enrich and everyone else with a cell phone has no excuse?  I absolutely LOATHE moms like you.  And I truly believe inside you loathe yourself and that is why you come here on an anonymous board with your almighty attitude that everyone should be teaching their kids at home.  Guess what?  They are in school for 6-7 hours a day.  Almost as much as a work day.  And they are kids.  Young kids! And they deserve to be kids.  Not going on a race to nowhere with high test scores to please moms like you trying to live thru your kids mediocre MAP score achievements.  Kudos to you for having Larla do her math facts and 30min of Khan a day.  All it shows is how crappy public school education is.  Nothing else.  It does not mean your child is smarter than anyone else in the class.  It just shows they work for another hour a day to memorize and be something you may be proud of.  That their self worth is based on their MAP scores.  Great job.  We are all happy for you.  
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I think you are over-reacting a bit much, and misplacing your anger.  MAP scores, PARCC (or whatever new tests it is replaced with), report cards are just one of many that kids will find out and share.  Teach your kids that others can do better or worse, but at the end of the day, work on whatever is important to your family, and improve on that!  [/quote]

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