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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fives certainly aren't rare at our DCPS.  With so many highly educated parents in the mix, including SAHMs with multiple graduate degrees, au pairs, tutors, weekend and summer enrichment camps etc., the DCPS curriculum clearly isn't hard enough for many kids.  The schools homegrown, PTA funded GT programs help, but not enough.  [/quote]

Mann has the highest elementary ELA scores - 23% got 5s (2016) and 19% got 5s in math.

Lafayette had the highest elementary math scores - 22% got 5s and 11% got 5s in ELA.

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Do those schools do a lot of teaching to the test?[/quote]

No more than any others. They may be the top scorers, but most of the other JKLM schools were in the same ballpark and should be grouped together.[/quote]

I'll ask again, do they do a lot of teaching to the test? My child's school does not do any teaching to the test. Does Mann?[/quote]

They all follow the same curriculum, PP. Sheesh.[/quote]

Oh, FFS, "sheesh" back to you. No they don't ask follow the same curriculum. Where do you get that from?! I don't think all DCPS follow the same curriculum and charters certainly don't.[/quote]

Yes, DCPS schools do. The schools have some flexibility on how they follow it, but they do all hit the same things.

https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/DCPS%20Curriculum%20Pillar%2004122017.pdf
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How does that fit with some schools using Regio Emilio, or Tools of the Mind, or Montessori? Curriculum is not identical at each DCPS.[/quote]

All three of those are not curricula, they are approaches to learning. They are also almost always used for ECE (where schools can do what they like)  and not the 3-5 areas of PARCC testing. A curriculum tells you what to teach. An approach tells you how to teach it.

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