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Really?  I have a rising 2nd grader and have been somewhat frustrated with the lack of differentiation/progress made during the year.  Her 1st grade teacher was wonderful, but I would get reports like "DC scored at this DRA, it is very likely higher, but I am only allowed to test up to that level at this point in the year."  That kind of thing bothered me - why the ceiling?  To the school's credit, DC was pulled out weekly for math and reading, but I felt like it was very little advanced exposure/instruction.  It took a couple of months from the start of school for the pull outs to begin and then they ended at 6 weeks or so before the year ended - so it was a hour or two a week and not the whole school year.   The math curriculum seemed not much more than what they did in K.  [/quote]

Maybe see how second grade goes. When my child was in second grade, they pre-tested before each new chapter and then divided the kids up into eight different math groupings. They also differentiated within the classroom for reading, spelling and writing. There was a wiiide range of abilities in that classroom and that teacher had to work really hard to provide appropriate instruction for each child. She did do it, God bless her, but it really is easier to provide suitable instruction when children are divided up into different ability groupings.[/quote]

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