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Reply to "Why not close the achievement gap from the top down? "
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean isn't this what schools are already doing!? They ignore top performers and have the top performers help the other kids. [/quote] What school does that? [/quote] All schools do this, if they use the “cooperative learning” model: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_learning The gist: eliminate the accelerated learning or gifted & talented class, and use those kids as un-paid tutors to help the slower kids in the group. This model has the benefit of slowing down the accelerated-learning kids, while bringing up the slowest kids, so - on paper- the “group median” test scores go up. But - the top kids lose in this model. They soon stop being accelerated, and the whole group is lowered to general-Ed level.[/quote]
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