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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Oh dear! 
You mean to tell me that they use worksheets at your competitive-entry school? 
And your teachers use lower-level vocabulary and lower-level texts during whole class lessons?

Out the 7+ hours of school, are you aware that this includes recess, lunch, specials, and transitions? 
Presumably you would not want those activities to be differentiated.

As for the rest, the bulk of our learning time is either modified for ability level, or, if it is whole class, the texts, vocabulary, and conceptual tasks are at or above grade level with accommodations provided for students who need them, as well as challenge activities for students who need more challenge.

Maybe you're in the wrong building. [/quote]

No, they don't use worksheets at this private school.   But the teachers do indeed use mid-level vocabulary and mid-level text during whole-class instruction, yes.  They also have uniformly mid-level expectations as evidenced by the assignments and comments on the same.  The curriculum itself is thoughtful and rich and aims straight for the 65th percentile.

I don't know who, exactly, the "our" in "our learning time" is (?), but I call BS on your claim that your entire science and humanities curriculum is presented "above grade level" at all times, every year, in a public school in the District of Columbia.   It's not, not even at Janney, which is why our family opted out of DCPS for elementary.

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You mean you're paying tuition for mid-level vocabulary and mid-level text?  That's really a shame.

I said "at or above grade level".   And you can call it anything you like.  Common Core mandates that we use complex text for close reading and that's what we do.[/quote]

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