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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so sorry to hear all of this! Our Title I had been pulling my DD out for advanced reading, either 1:1 or small group, since PK4. Never heard anything about it not being allowed.  They seem happy to do it, and I've always thought the teachers were good and cared about her engagement. They clearly cannot just teach to the middle-- the ability range is vast so that would never work. I wish she had more of a peer group but that's not something they can control in the short term.[/quote]

The ability range will be an ocean by the time your kid gets to the upper grades.  She won’t be pulled out for anything and will be stuck on a computer if she is lucky.  If not, she will be asked to be the helper and help the rest of the class who are below grade level.[/quote]

My kid is in the upper grades and is pulled out daily. She has 1:1 or works with a small mixed age group of upper grades students. I said the pullouts began in PK4, not that she is in PK4.[/quote]

Who pulls her out? Given that schools can barely keep up with IEP
mandated 1:1 pullouts, I have a hard time believing they do non-mandated pullouts on a regular basis. [/quote]

The pull-out is with a person whose title is "instructional coach". It's a small group that meets at a little table by a window in a hallway. This is how they're able to provide differentiation for a bunch of kids with different classroom assignments in one session, so it's pretty efficient. There's a day of the week when the various class schedules don't mesh so my DD meets 1:1 instead. My DD is ahead in some domains and not ahead in others, so this is a very good approach for her. I'm happy that this was feasible for the kids, I know it took a bit of logistical planning but the school seemed eager to do it. [/quote]

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