Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Forget Grade Levels, Kansas City, Mo., Schools Try Something New

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/07/03/364228usdumpinggradelevels_ap.html?r=2063758687

Forget about students spending one year in each grade, with the entire class learning the same skills at the same time.
Instead of simply moving kids from one grade to the next as they get older, schools are grouping students by ability. Once they master a subject, they move up a level.

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