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Student Placement

Continuous Achievement

Fulton County Board of Education supports our vision that each child should be given the opportunity to reach his or her full potential. To that end, our continuous achievement framework for advancement allows each child to progress in language arts and math at his or her appropriate instructional pace and depth, expanding and compacting the curriculum as appropriate. The framework is implemented in all elementary and middle schools and includes a process for advancement in the current grade level and an acceleration process which allows a student to advance above grade level.

Definitions

Math and Reading/English Language Arts

On-Level – Curriculum consists of grade-level standards

Advanced – Curriculum consists of grade-level standards plus standards from the next grade level (Grades 1-8)

Accelerated – Curriculum consists of standards one or more years above assigned grade level (K-8)

 

Placement

Students are placed in the appropriate curriculum based on performance on system-level diagnostic assessments, standardized test data, student grades, and teacher recommendation. Recommendations concerning instructional placement and progress of students shall be the responsibility of the local school, teacher, and other professional staff directly involved with the student. Our BFES Curriculum Support Teacher (CST) Mrs. Nation coordinates for our school all student placement and administers the initial screening and evaluation of students new to the school to ensure placement is at the appropriate instructional level.

While no child will be placed below his or her current grade level, there will be no artificial barrier to moving ahead. Provisions will be provided for parents of students not recommended for continuous achievement to request a waiver for their student to be placed beyond the on-level curriculum in language arts and/or mathematics. Students attending virtual school will be provided the same opportunities. Teachers are not expected to provide direct instruction for pre-requisite standards that have been waived.

Student performance and placement should be reviewed every 18 weeks to determine if the placement level continues to be appropriate in meeting the student’s learning needs. Students in Kindergarten are screened for the possibility of acceleration in reading and/or Math during the first nine weeks of school.  Please see Operating Guideline IFD for information about continuous achievement placement decisions.

Instruction

Teachers should teach no more than two levels of curriculum during one instructional period for reading/language arts and mathematics to the extent possible. When possible, students should be grouped with grade level peers.

District Parent Curriculum Hub

The Fulton County Schools Curriculum Hub provides a variety of resources to assist parents in supporting their student's learning in the areas of English Language Arts/Reading, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies including:

  • A year-at-a-glance for each course with the standards taught in each unit
  • Unit plans detailing the specific learning targets to be mastered
  • Parent resources to preview or review concepts and skills taught in each unit

https://safarihub.fultonschools.org/PORTAL/