My son and I were discussing just this week that his daughter's 4th grade teacher had told him "not to be concerned unless her grades fell into the 70's. At that point the teacher would assign some homework but no homework is needed until then. He is going to ask the teacher what is her goal for his daughter. Where does the teacher expect to see his daughter accomplishing education-wise? He expects her to be able to enter any university she applies for and to have at a minimum her master's at age 25. I doubt if her teacher has even thought about it. Probably just to be able to go to the next grade, and just going to the next grade year after year will not have you qualified for a top notch university.