Organization of Instruction

In elementary school, students are placed heterogeneously in classrooms for most of the day. Within the classroom, students are assigned to homogeneous reading and math groups. Teachers, administrator, guidance counselor and the reading specialist use multiple criteria when making placement decisions in reading and math. Consideration is given to:

· Classroom performance
· Performance on county assessments
· Information provided by resource specialists
· Parental information
· Social interactions
· Work habits
Also, students have opportunities to work in flexible group structures, such as cooperative groups, total class, individual, interest groups, or other criteria determined by the teacher. Students are regularly reevaluated which at times may necessitate a change to a more appropriate placement. Parents will be notified prior to a classroom change being made.