Originally Posted by 22B
Originally Posted by indigo
While such practices may be staunchly defended by some as a means for institutions to close the achievement gap or narrow the excellence gap, they do not serve gifted students or our society well.

Whenever the goal is to "close the achievement gap or narrow the excellence gap", the easiest way to do this is to prevent the better students from learning.

I totally agree with this. This is the problem I see in our school district. I won't go into a long winded vent, but yes, I can definitely see this happening.