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jleopold · 3160 days ago · link · · parent · post: How The U.S. Is Neglecting Its Smartest Kids : NPR Ed : NPR
I've been in a couple districts where this is practiced, and my mom is an intervention reading teacher. Growth policies are good for low-performing and average students, because they have an obvious place to grow to. High-performing students have less places to grow. It's a learning curve. It takes a lot more effort and resources for the students who are ahead to make the same amount of growth, and if that isn't accurately reflected in the policies, they end up hurting their school's testing performance and losing those resources. Another policy change that could help: accountability targets that emphasize growth for all students.