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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The language of "at grade level" obfuscates the differences we're talking about in DCPS. By fifth grade, your normal-bright, not profoundly gifted kid could be reading at an eighth grade level in a class with kids who are reading at a second grade level. [b]If you would hesitate to put an average 14 year old in a class where most of the kids are normal 8-10 year olds, [/b]even if the younger kids were well-behaved and emotionally mature, and you would be skeptical of a teacher or school system that assured you this was fine and everyone would get their needs met, you probably should hesitate here, too. [/quote]

Your fifth grader reading above grade level does not mean she should be in a class with the 14 year olds, or conceptualized as one in your head.  You're mixing apples and oranges to exaggerate differences.  [/quote]

Of course they shouldn't be in a class with 14-year-olds because there are developmental and social differences. But, yes, there are six-year+ gaps in skills even before we're talking about the extremely gifted, not just "at or not at grade level." [/quote]

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