The Education system has been trying to destroy excellence in students for decades. All in the name of diversity and inclusion. The brilliant pupils know who they are, as do the less than stellar learners. This attitude toward the bright students is one reason our country has been trending downward. The Left will not be satisfied until we are lower than the lowest third world country.
The classroom is designed to move at the rate of the slower students — how else can one ensure that everyone gets an education? The problem is that now the fast students do not get where they should be going. Hence the movement to multiple tiers of classes. I taught and we had at least two tiers for a while. The advent of AP programs added a third tier. (This level allowed some kids to get college credit while in high school.)
I was selected to be in an “honors” classroom for eighth grade. This did not amount to a faster program as far as I could tell, but did leave our classroom bereft of enough students with athletic ability so that we could not compete in the school on a equal footing with the other rooms who had the coordinated kids. Oh well.