I have been wondering about this. In our school they don't group until the kids are in 7th grade. I have a child in 3rd and 1st. We have about 90 kids in each grade. They pull out 6 kids for enrichment from 3 different classes per grade for Math and Reading separately. I also hear that some kids don't get to go because of limited space. So I wonder why not take the top third of the grade and put in a class that is more challenging? Wouldn't this make it better? Or at least have the kids rotate class within the grade for a couple of subjects. I do realize some kids are better in some subjects than others. But it seems like it could be better just by doing this. Is there something I'm not getting here?
Last edited by onthegomom; 02/18/10 06:25 AM.
