If kids are held back when they fail standards, shouldn't they also be allowed to race ahead when they exceed them?

bcrosby95 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Off the top of my head I don't have problem with this, but the topic is about declining scores so I'm not sure how relevant this is.

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datadrivenangel 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes. That's the whole idea of adaptive/personalized learning.

There are some interesting ethical questions about disparity of outcomes, but we should aim to have a system that educates each individual as best we can (without leaving kids behind). The current system of bludgeoning every individual student to be the same is not working well.

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nsxwolf 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Always used to be the case, is that no longer an option?

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rahimnathwani 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Not an option in San Francisco.

Back in 2022 I spoke with the principal of a nearby government-run school. She told me:

- under no circumstances would a kindergarten teacher teach any first grade content, and

- grade skip is so rare that she'd seen it only once in her entire career

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		teachers not being able to teach 'higher level' content seems like a huge issue.

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MagicMoonlight 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No, because you’ll end up really dysfunctional if you’re a child in a class with 18 year olds.

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eigencoder 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Absolutely

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ihsw 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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