irritated at my sons school system

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my son brought home a letter a few weeks ago that stated that he needed to take an extra math class two days a week. I didnt understand this because he is a straight A student. I called his homeroom teacher and she said the teachers were not given any information...only a list of students that had to attend these classes...there are 4 of them...Math, Reading, Science, Social Studies. my son actually hates going to this class. He says it makes him feel like the school thinks she is stupid. I tried to explain to him that Im sure thats not why he has to go. I finally got some answers last week as to why he was chosen. It is NOT for his benefit at all. Our schools take an end of the year test called The MAP Test. This test is suppose to let the government know where he child stands in ranks as far as levels of education. The only catch to this is that my son scored above average, if not proficient and almost to the next level in each subject. The school district itself, scored low in score ranking. The Principle of the school admitted to me that they are taking the advanced kids and they are teaching the more so they will score higher on the test this year and it will help the district to bring the scores up. I am all for my son learning as much as he can, but not to benefit only the school. His self esteem has been dropped a notch or two because of the way they have handled this. He is bored in this class and always has homework in the class he misses to attend this class. I also found out that they are not working at all with the students that scored at the low end of the test. I feel as tho they are the ones that need to attend this class. If they dont get the help they need now, where will they be in 5 yrs? I told the school to turn it around and stop using the above average kids and help those that really need it. I had them to take my son out of that class.