Originally Posted by blackcat
What is it that I want? I want my children to make at least one year academic gain in every subject in school each year without being enriched/supplemented at home, just like what is expected of children of average abilities. No one knows how to reply to this. In their minds, the kid is already ahead, they have met the "standards" so there is no problem if they don't learn anything in school for years on end.

Exactly! Unfortunately the focus is on level, not progress. Teachers and schools are evaluated based on the percentage of kids that are "on level" rather than the percentage of kids that have "made adequate progress". It's a fundamental flaw in funding, practice, and thinking.