https://accelerationdenied.com/tags/grade-disparities/Recent content in Grade Disparities on Acceleration DeniedHugoen-usSat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://accelerationdenied.com/blog/the-acceleration-gap/Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://accelerationdenied.com/blog/the-acceleration-gap/<div class="callout callout-info"> <div class="callout-title">Series Update: December 2025</div> <div class="callout-body"> <p>This series has documented a year-long investigation into District 97&rsquo;s acceleration process. The FOIA response arrived December 15, 2025. Key findings: no research supports the rubric thresholds, students at 65% were approved through discretionary review while my daughter at 63% was denied, and the district doesn&rsquo;t track application statistics.</p> <p><strong>Latest:</strong> <a href="https://accelerationdenied.com/blog/what-the-foia-revealed/">What the FOIA Revealed</a></p> </div> </div> <p>When I started looking into why my daughter didn&rsquo;t qualify for math acceleration in first grade, I thought I&rsquo;d find an explanation in her test scores, her classroom work, or maybe some aspect of the district&rsquo;s rubric I didn&rsquo;t understand.</p>