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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are like yours, OP.[b] Their teachers focus on having them work on the learning apps provided in Clever -- Lexia, iReady, Reflex, etc. On the elementary school level, these apps are very, very good, because they provide the solid basis kids need to advance quickly once in middle/high school.[/b]

I myself was placed in a gifted program starting in first grade, and by the time my class graduated high school, most of my classmates would be considered highly successful in DCUM terms. When I remember what I was learning at the elementary level, academically, much of it is the same as what is in those apps.[/quote]

NP here. This is really helpful, PP. Can you tell me more about how these apps work in practice? They finish their class work then are assigned work on the apps? They are assigned work on the apps as homework/outside of school? Are they collaborative at all or do the kids work on them individually at their own pace?[/quote]

Depends on how your class/teacher works. In my experience, typically all the kids work on a class assignments, with the brightest kids helping the kids that need more help. Then they are either assigned individual app work, or will work on apps with kids at their same level. All of my kids' teachers also assigned app work to be done at home. Because the apps are adaptive, they are presenting work at each child's level. [/quote]

My kid is not at a NW DCPS, but she takes math with the grade ahead of her. Then, in terms of apps, some are automatically adaptive (Freckle, Lexia), so the teacher can assign 20 minutes of work or work after you finish your normal assignments and everyone in the class is working at a different level automatically; alternatively, in some apps, the teacher can assign different work to different kids (IXL) or just jump some kids a grade level (Zearn). We fought for the math placement, because we didn’t think the app differentiation was enough; in ELA, there are more kids above grade level, so they have can fill above-level reading and writing small groups, and Lexia is great for the theory stuff (phonics rules, spelling rules, etc).[/quote]

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