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[quote=Anonymous]At some point in time, all English classes were identified as 'Advanced' because it was easier to deceive parents into believing their child was actually in an Advanced class.  It alleviated all of the parent complaints addressing why their child wasn't 'Advanced'.  Just like anything MCPS does - smoke and mirrors.

Years ago the middle school where I teach had on-level and advanced English.  I am a special education teacher.  There was no strict criteria for placement in advanced classes.  Parents would request/demand that their child be moved to the advanced class. Parents could not believe that their child who was barely reading on grade-level was not in the advanced class.  Over the years, the advanced classes became 'on-level' and the on-level classes became essentially below grade level.  The on-level classes were very difficult to actually teach.  We lost one of our best teachers because it was so difficult.  The advanced classes was now not advanced, since many were just barely reading on-grade level.

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