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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I had this happen with my child in a mediocre public school.  Fall test scores were always high, then they would steadily drop throughout yr, lowest being spring.  They were high in the fall because I worked with her over the summer, daily.  They would learn more over 10 weeks of summer than they would all year in school. It became apparent they were doing a whole lot of nothing in school. I got fed up and pulled her after second grade. [/quote]

How do you know a school is mediocre? This is supposed to be a great elementary school. I wasn’t expecting to have to cobble together a full literacy curriculum at home.[/quote]

All public schools are mediocre.  Their curriculum and standards are dictated by the state, not the teachers. They are teaching grade level material at most- or lower, and often don’t even get through an entire years curriculum. The only reason some public schools appear better is wealth: better class parties, newer materials, cool assemblies and field trips. The test scores are better because parents supplement at home either formally or through lived exposure  and/or the child has a natural high aptitude and seeks out learning on their own. But the actual teaching or curriculum isn’t any better than any other public school[/quote]

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