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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do parents want to know this kind of information?

The important thing is for your child to be learning. Why so much interest in how other kids are doing? In what way does the rate at which other kids are learning affect your child?
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Duh, you want to make sure your kid is doing OK. Not a big deal. [/quote]

So that their child will have a peer reading group and generally peers on their level, or at least grade level.  So that they know the teacher is not overburdened trying to catch up a ton of below-grade kids and no time for the kids who are above grade.  That is our situation and it sucks.[/quote]

Every school has kids below level, on level and above level. I taught in one of the wealthiest schools in the country and I had two groups of below grade level students in guided reading. I still did guided reading with my on level and above level groups and had extension centers for those above.

So I'm really trying to understand the point of showing every parent the chart of the class. Unless it's trying to create competition. Or trying to "motivate" lower students? [/quote]

I think it's to spare the teachers the work of making a chart for every student.  But I think it's a privacy violation still, and the high-performing kids' parents always get distressed when they realize that the bulk of the class is below grade level and therefore the group lessons are too.[/quote]

I'm a parent of high performing kids in a school where many are not above grade level.  There is a good set of differentiated learning combined with a small class size.

[b]The charts tell me that my kid isn't alone as high performing, and instead there's a small but big enough cohort to support differentiated groups.  [/b]Out of a class of 15, about a quarter is doing much better.[/quote]

+1. I'm very glad to get a general report on the class as a whole and where my kid fits in for this reason exactly.[/quote]

this is bs.  differentiation in K would be educational malpractice[/quote]

That's funny, because every school I've looked at, public and private, does it.  Some kids are not yet reading, some are starting to read, some are reading fluently, and some are reading above grade level.  Differentiation is critical in K.[/quote]

Based on your response and other there is a lot of misunderstanding about ECE education.  None of what is being described would qualify as "differentiation". There is a wide range of normal development which can be supported without labeling or sorting kids unnecessarily.

Some of you are so insecure and desperate for validation through your kids.  K is mostly for socialization and play.  At most the academic piece is prep for 1st grade[/quote]

I wish!  How did you miss that "K is the new 1st Grade"?!  I currently have children in K and 1 and the K's spend just as much time on academics.[/quote]

Didn't miss it but not buying it, and certainly doesn't make it right.  Common to spend the first half of 1st repeating what was covered in K.[/quote]

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