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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC (first grader) is in an accelerated math class--his math teacher is the school's math specialist. We're at a Title I school.[/quote]

+1 same with my first grader also at a Title 1 school.[/quote]

Because it is title 1. Your accelerated class is a normal schools basic[/quote]

What is that assertion based on?[/quote]

They are title 1 because the needs and test scores are so low.  This is called common sense. [/quote]

This is true. How many kids read on or above grade level in a Title One school v. non-Title One?  
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Obviously the test scores are generally higher at non-Title I schools...

...but it seems to me that you're implying that high achieving students at Title I schools do not exist. That is so far from the truth.

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No one said there weren't some high achieving students at these schools. They are saying they don't have classes specifically for advanced kids. If the kids that are above grade level in Title 1 are getting "enrichments" compared to their other classmates, it is no different than what the highest math group in a non Title 1 school is giving. It just isn't called enrichments. No MCPS school cares above the top 1/4 of kids. Their job is to bring up the rear.  And the rear has been dropping lower and lower every year.  Maybe a Title 1 teacher has a little more time because ratios are lower but his/her main focus is to get the kids at the lowest up to baseline. That is why the school gets the extra funding. The district doesn't give two craps about the higher achieving kids in those schools UNLESS the bottoms are moving up at a better speed. Because the #1 and only goal is to close the achievement gap. Why do you think they got rid of lower ES acceleration to begin with? To close the gap.  The  fact that some of you think MCPS  actually cares about gifted kids in K-3 is hilarious.[/quote]

Completely on point. [/quote]

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