Originally Posted by Archie
It's as though she doesn't want him to take up this program.
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She's known his scores for so long and has still refused to give him harder maths. The school itself is very academic and usually very open to subject acceleration.
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Ironically, my younger son with the behavioral problems has had a great teacher who's let him read whatever he likes and do whatever maths level he wants.
Are you in the US and do your children attend public school? Unfortunately what you describe is not unusual now that teachers and schools are increasing evaluated, rated, and ranked based on equal outcomes. This includes capping the growth of students at the top. The teacher may not be incompetent, but may be focused on achieving equal outcomes in the classroom in order to have a positive performance evaluation and remain employed. Classroom performance is stored in a longitudinal database. Here's a brief roundup of old posts discussing various facets of equal outcomes:
1- ushered in by common core
2- educational plank of party platforms
3- rationing opportunities
4- Nature versus nurture
5- supplanting gifted students in "Gifted" programs
6- counterpoint statements
7- The Gifted: Left Behind?
8- Grading practices (which tend to produce equal outcomes)
9- list of grading practices
10- policies which lack transparency

Kudos to you for inquiring about your child's test scores. Follow-up is so important. smile My thought would be to let go of emotions which accompanied learning that the teacher has been withholding sharing the scores until your inquiry. Focus on facts, and enforcing any applicable state laws, school policies, and previous written agreements (such as the ILP). Take an approach which will find you to be logical, unemotional, positive, and blameless as you create documentation which may help the education department find in your child's favor if you should need to file a formal complaint in the future.

There is a collection of advocacy resources and discussion threads in this roundup.