Reply to Importance of classmates being at grade levels for reading/math

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Importance of classmates being at grade levels for reading/math"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think it matters for elementary but it will definitely matter for middle school and high school. [/quote]
That's my take.  And for MS and HS, it's much easier to differentiate, so then you need to look at how the school does that, and whether there are enough on-level kids to allow that.  But for ES, it matters less in the lower grades, and we've seen a lot more differentiation in upper ES (once they aren't teaching kids to read anymore). My take would be that LT is fine for ES now, and might be better in several years, so just keep an eye on things.  [/quote]

My experience is that it matters only for elementary and middle schools.  In high school smart kids choose harder classes and kids ho are lagging behind ill choose easier classes.  The differentiation happens naturally in high school and college.

Also do not depend on the school to provide rigor and a good foundation to your child.  You need to enrich and educate at home as other high achievers do. so that they are not left behind in high school. [/quote]

There are no 'smart kid classes' the way you are envisioning them in DCPS schools where only a handful of kids are at grade level. The differentiation that occurs is between kids who are extremely below grade level and everyone else. You can see this in the AP scores. There are schools where fewer than 20%, in some cases fewer than 10%, of kids taking an AP test are getting a 3+. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics