How many elementary kids are put in math 4/5 or 5/6??

[Anonymous]

Anyone have an idea of percentage of kids placed in Math 4/5 or 5/6?

[Anonymous]

Depends on the school. We had three classes. One was compacted math.

[Anonymous]

Why does it matter to you? Just curious.

[Anonymous]

At our school there are 2 4/5 classes vs 3 math 4 classes. There is one 5/6 class vs 3 math 5 classes.

[Anonymous]

I believe they're cutting back on pushing so hard for this but when my kids were in ES it was 4 of the classes in compacted and 1 in regular - same in MS.

[Anonymous]

We had three 4/5 compacted math classes; 2 CES 4/5 math, and a third section for non-CES kids. We also had a few 4th graders in the 5/6 math class. We had two 5/6 math classes this year, but will have 3 next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the school. We had three classes. One was compacted math.

Same. Our school is on the smaller side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the school. We had three classes. One was compacted math.

Same. Our school is on the smaller side.

At PBES there were 3-4 compacted math classes out of 9 total.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe they're cutting back on pushing so hard for this but when my kids were in ES it was 4 of the classes in compacted and 1 in regular - same in MS.

+1 I don't think past years can predict what they are doing in the future here. MCPS has signaled that covid learning losses are going to mean fewer kids in 4/5 next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe they're cutting back on pushing so hard for this but when my kids were in ES it was 4 of the classes in compacted and 1 in regular - same in MS.

+1 I don't think past years can predict what they are doing in the future here. MCPS has signaled that covid learning losses are going to mean fewer kids in 4/5 next year.

My first grader seems to have easily made up for the lost ground in K already and would expect their experience is fairly normal...They're exactly where their sibling was going into 2nd who is currently in MS and that wasn't true a year ago. You guys overhype these issues. Kids are far more resilient than you think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe they're cutting back on pushing so hard for this but when my kids were in ES it was 4 of the classes in compacted and 1 in regular - same in MS.

+1 I don't think past years can predict what they are doing in the future here. MCPS has signaled that covid learning losses are going to mean fewer kids in 4/5 next year.

My first grader seems to have easily made up for the lost ground in K already and would expect their experience is fairly normal...They're exactly where their sibling was going into 2nd who is currently in MS and that wasn't true a year ago. You guys overhype these issues. Kids are far more resilient than you think.

Some of it also has to do with things like parental attitude and involvement.

[Anonymous]

The regardless of Covid, pendulum is always swinging back and forth on advanced math. Seems MCPS just waivers back in forth between having few kids in it, then all parents complain, then too many kids are in it, then MCPS changes to less kids, rinse and repeat.....

There is no reason that the MAJORITY of kids need to be on a path to take calculus in 11th grade. Most parents pushing to get their kids on this path are not doing them any favors. Clearly there are some kids need to be on this path or even more accelerated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe they're cutting back on pushing so hard for this but when my kids were in ES it was 4 of the classes in compacted and 1 in regular - same in MS.

+1 I don't think past years can predict what they are doing in the future here. MCPS has signaled that covid learning losses are going to mean fewer kids in 4/5 next year.

My first grader seems to have easily made up for the lost ground in K already and would expect their experience is fairly normal...They're exactly where their sibling was going into 2nd who is currently in MS and that wasn't true a year ago. You guys overhype these issues. Kids are far more resilient than you think.

That's funny. Your kid is a first grader. Come back when they're in 4th +

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe they're cutting back on pushing so hard for this but when my kids were in ES it was 4 of the classes in compacted and 1 in regular - same in MS.

+1 I don't think past years can predict what they are doing in the future here. MCPS has signaled that covid learning losses are going to mean fewer kids in 4/5 next year.

My first grader seems to have easily made up for the lost ground in K already and would expect their experience is fairly normal...They're exactly where their sibling was going into 2nd who is currently in MS and that wasn't true a year ago. You guys overhype these issues. Kids are far more resilient than you think.

Of course your kid could “make up” work lost in kinder - they don’t learn much! Try missing third grade and come back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe they're cutting back on pushing so hard for this but when my kids were in ES it was 4 of the classes in compacted and 1 in regular - same in MS.

+1 I don't think past years can predict what they are doing in the future here. MCPS has signaled that covid learning losses are going to mean fewer kids in 4/5 next year.

My first grader seems to have easily made up for the lost ground in K already and would expect their experience is fairly normal...They're exactly where their sibling was going into 2nd who is currently in MS and that wasn't true a year ago. You guys overhype these issues. Kids are far more resilient than you think.

Very similar to our experience. So many parents checked out during distance learning and are unwilling to make even a modest effort so their kids pay the price.