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[quote=Anonymous]I had similar experiences, with both my kids, who also attended a lacksadasical DCPS.  I was continually told they were on track and doing great, although there were plenty of red flags that they were behind.  Third grade PARCC scores were a big wake-up call.  Borderline 3/4, but still doing better than the vast majority of their classmates, who were by and large from UMC families.  We yanked them from that school and started supplementing HARD.  They are now in MS/HS and performing multiple grade levels ahead, and I believe they both had near-perfect math PARCC scores.  So this was not an issue with my kids and their abilities.  It was an issue with the teaching and school's low expectations.  I recommend addressing this issue early because we had a few years where supporting them with math (mainly helping them with their outside math homework) became a part-time job for me, and resulted in them not having time for some other extra-curriculars that they would have enjoyed.  [/quote]

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