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Many schools still have teacher IAs pull low-achieving students out of class and have them work in small groups.

Unfortunately many districts across the country are laying off teachers and IAs so more money can go to useless programs which amount to nothing but restrictions on the curriculum. I hear teachers complain about this all the time. The people who actually care about the kids are not allowed to do their jobs.

There weren't IAs when I attended school. A normal classroom had about 35 students. The teachers didn't whine. They just delivered a decent education. By the time my kids attended elementary school, there were IAs. I saw the corrections on papers my sons submitted. OMG! The "teacher" was incompetent as hell. I went back over the paper and corrected it and explained what was wrong and how it should be corrected. Of course, it was necessary to slather my sons in "black history month" each year. It was a big deal for the teacher (who was black). I was able to compensate for crappy teachers. Not every parent has that capacity. We all pay a premium in taxes to fund these crappy schools.