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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

I live in the red zone and my kids attend a school with a high FARMS rate.  My school's test scores were improving each year under the old system and yes, I think it was serving exceptional and less-exceptional kids equally well.  Both groups are entitled to a good education.

So no, I will not move.  I will insist that the system I fund and support be as good as it can be.  I will continue to object to mediocrity for as long as I have kids in this system.[/quote]

Well, Starr clearly disagrees that the old system was serving all of them well. I found this recent article http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2012/The-Gifted-Left-Behind/index.php?cparticle=4&siarticle=3#artanc  in which he is quoted as saying “the remediation issue is larger than the acceleration issue. We must attend to all of it—and I must be accountable for attending to all of it.” In other words, the need for improvement among the children at the bottom is greater than the need for acceleration among the children at the top.[/quote]

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