Anne Arundel County Schools Trying Heterogeneous Grouping
School system offers more students access to rigorous coursework at all county elementary schools with Advanced Learner Programs, and at Annapolis High and Central Middle.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) hopes that offering greater access to rigorous coursework will increase achievement for all students. New Advanced Learner Programs at all county elementary schools was one step taken in this new direction. Heterogeneous grouping became a hot topic after the principal at Annapolis High announced last spring his intention to utilize it at the school. While that possibility is still being investigated, Central Middle in Edgewater grouped sixth-grade students together in the same math level (Algebraic Readiness) starting with this school year. At Wednesday's AACPS Board of Education meeting, parents of Central Middle students took a stand against grouping higher-performing students with lower-…
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Janet Norman
10:25 pm on Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Good testimony from parents to Board of Ed. tonight... now up to 400 parents signing petition opposed to heterogenous grouping of students. Board seemed unresponsive, until Central Middle School parents notified them they're organizing an opt-out of the MSA test, not having their advanced students take the MSA, and see how the Board likes those ratings and repercussions..... more ›