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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here, thank you for the responses. I assumed they would still group the kids according to ability, but I guess not. This doesn’t seem to be good for anyone but the middle. [/quote]

It is not good for the middle, either, because they get stuck with a lot of kids who aren’t paying attention. (Either because it is too easy boring, or because they don’t care) [/quote]

Yeah, I was thinking this also.  It’s not good for any student.

But MCPS dislikes differentiation in ES and MS because it doesn’t help close the Achievement Gap and it racially discriminatory.  So, basically, now kids of ALL races are left to suffer because nobody gets any quality writing instruction in MS.  [/quote]

Clearly this is untrue or they wouldn’t offer things like Enriched Literacy, CES, Magnet programs, or accelerated Math.  Not to mention basic reading groups.  You could make the case that not all teachers or all schools do differentiation well, but saying MCPS doesn’t like it is just false.[/quote]

I had a kid in a CES and we were basically just lucky to get the spot.  There are plenty of kids on the CES Wait List who would benefit from differentiation in ES, but don’t receive it.  The number of CES spots is limited and MS Magnet spots are even MORE limited.

ELC?  Not offered any all schools.  Not offered at my kids’ home school.

I saw how differentiation worked in early ES for my advance reader.  Basically, the teachers spent more time with the kids who need extra help, and the more advanced reading groups spend time ‘reading amongst themselves’ or ‘doing peer reviews’ - yeah, works great with second graders.

And we’re not talking about Math in this thread.

So, actually your post simply supports the point that MCPS does not like to encourage differentiation in ES and MS for Language Arts/Writing.  Except for a tiny, tiny, tiny subset of kids who may happen to get into a Magnet. [/quote]

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