I teach in a public middle school. Every class that I teach has quite a range of abilities. At my grade level, the reading teacher has one class for students who need extra support in learning to decode words, and the math teacher has one math class that is allegedly accelerated.
Are students who cannot read being passed on to high school? I think there should be a graduation test for middle school measuring basic literacy and numeracy.
Err...shouldn't that happen before ENTERING middle school? Or, maybe third or fourth grade even?
The effect that we see in classrooms when we take the advanced learners out, of course, is just a continuation of what happens in public schools when parents who are motivated by academic achievement--and can afford it--pull their children out of the public schools and put them in private schools.
Not sure what you mean here. Can you clarify? Thanks.
