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Gentle reminder that there are outliers on both ends of a normal curve who are being let down - sometimes, it is the the same student at different ages. Caterin
by sangnoir 5y ago
Gentle reminder that there are outliers on both ends of a normal curve who are being let down - sometimes, it is the the same student at different ages. Catering to the needs of both top-/bottom Xth percentile requires additional resources, effort, time or money, in a field that is already under-resourced.
- bjornsing 5y agoI’m not too fond of that narrative, partly because I don’t think it’s true (top percentile don’t need much more than some encouragement / acceptance), and partly because “we have to prioritize our resources and it’s more important to help the bottom percentile” is used as an excuse to hold the top percentile back (or used to be, in Sweden at least).