Originally Posted by 22B
Originally Posted by Val
So, yes, there are a lot of students being accelerated when they shouldn't be accelerated. It's possible that Wu was referring to this group and wasn't thinking about gifties. In that case, he was right, but he was still wrong to paint everyone with the same brush.

No. It's not possible that he meant that. What he is saying is quite clear. He is saying that with the new standards, acceleration will not be needed, by anyone, ever, period.

Good thing my youngest is in 4th grade and only has 5th grade before we homeschool for middle school and we will cross high school bridge when we get there and figure that out.

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