Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site houxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxa!4375jlf From: 4375jlf@houxa.UUCP (J.FROMME) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: "Talented and Gifted" program Message-ID: <353@houxa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 14:15:31 EST Article-I.D.: houxa.353 Posted: Wed Feb 8 14:15:31 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 02:19:31 EST References: <869@ihuxr.UUCP>, <1097@hlexa.UUCP>, <525@pyuxa.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 18 (First--I apologize for two aborted attempts to submit this--I'm new to the articles game.) I'm confused and a little concerned over the in-class "ability" groupings I see in our mid-NJ elementary school. They start in 1st grade (reading) and extend to more subjects in higher grades. It's great to see the faster little ones not being "held back" by the less fast, but the labeling this implies is quite clear to the kids and not all of them can "accept" it gracefully. Even more bothersome, to me, is the rather vague process by which a child might get moved, if he or she develops the ability to perform in a higher group, but has not covered the intervening material! Sounds like he or she is locked in! Anybody care to comment or relate your experiences?