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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS in the early 70s.  29 in K. 28 in 1st.  I still have my class pictures.

I wonder if the difference between the large class then and the large classes today is the expectation of differentiation and inclusion.  I remember being tracked in elementary school and the kids that needed extra attention or help were taken out of the classroom.

And of course there wasn't the emphasis on test taking like there is today.  We had the 3rd and 5th grade assessments but we didn't do any practice tests or pre tests.  It was a day or two and then we moved on.[/quote]

OP here -- part of why I'm asking is that I'm wondering what counts as "large."

There is much consternation among parents at my school over "large" classes. My kid has 24 in his first grade class, but has a teacher + an aide. This doesn't feel particularly large to me.[/quote]

You are lucky to have an aide.  MCPS doesn't have aides at all.  So I would refine your question to ask whether people had one or two teachers.  That's a huge difference!  Our MCPS class had 27 with no aide last year. [/quote]

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