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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Can you explain this further? (we're new to MCPS) I know that the ES we're zoned for has 4 K classes with about 20 students each. Why wouldn't they just separate out the kids based on reading ability at the beginning of the year? It would use the same amount of 'resources', right? Same teachers. Same classroom. What is the down side? [/quote] To find out more, start by looking up "within-class ability grouping" and "between-class ability grouping". This debate has been going on since at least the 1950s. Part of the problem is that there are trade-offs. Here's a summary article from the New York Times from last June about how within-class ability grouping works: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/education/grouping-students-by-ability-regains-favor-with-educators.html?_r=0 [/quote]
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