Curriculum Night Presentation: AIM still using C 2.0 and only some schools supplement it

[Anonymous]

I'm on the curriculum night presentation, and the math specialist for MCPS who is presenting said that AIM is still based on 2.0, that the Johns Hopkins curriculum assessment found there were gaps in the curriculum so some schools (but not all schools) are supplementing with additional Illustrative Mathematics lessons. She said that this is on each school/teacher; central office is not providing a list of supplementary materials. She said she did not have a list of schools that are supplementing, so parents can only find out if they ask the school itself.

Can MS math teachers talk about how AIM is implemented and how kids are doing? It seems like it would be very difficult to teach with a curriculum that has been proven to have gaps.

[Anonymous]

The curriculum stinks in most subjects, OP. Attentive parents supplement at home knowing it will make a difference in high school.

[Anonymous]

Our school had a new curriculum for AIM last year based on the illustrative mathematics lessons. There is a math content specialist, a.k.a. department head, at every school. Ask if you want to know.

[Anonymous]

AIM is pre-algebra. Get your kid a pre-algebra workbook and a free MCPS tutor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The curriculum stinks in most subjects, OP. Attentive parents supplement at home knowing it will make a difference in high school.

This. MCPS has to cater to the lowest-performing students. That is where resources and energy needs to go.

MS Math is particularly bad, IME. Get a tutor or find a way to help your kid learn the material outside of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school had a new curriculum for AIM last year based on the illustrative mathematics lessons. There is a math content specialist, a.k.a. department head, at every school. Ask if you want to know.

Are you saying the entire AIM curriculum was with Illustrative Mathematics, or that there were some additional juniors of Illustrative Mathematics added in? The woman presenting for MCPS tonight was new and did not seem to know much. It could be that she is giving out wrong info. But she said 2.0 is still being used for AIM/IM, geometry, and all courses over geometry. Illustrative mathematics is only used for math 6, 6-+, 7, 7+, 8, and algebra I.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm on the curriculum night presentation, and the math specialist for MCPS who is presenting said that AIM is still based on 2.0, that the Johns Hopkins curriculum assessment found there were gaps in the curriculum so some schools (but not all schools) are supplementing with additional Illustrative Mathematics lessons. She said that this is on each school/teacher; central office is not providing a list of supplementary materials. She said she did not have a list of schools that are supplementing, so parents can only find out if they ask the school itself.

Can MS math teachers talk about how AIM is implemented and how kids are doing? It seems like it would be very difficult to teach with a curriculum that has been proven to have gaps.

Didn't know but AIM seemed to be the best math course DC ever had in MCPS up until magnet math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm on the curriculum night presentation, and the math specialist for MCPS who is presenting said that AIM is still based on 2.0, that the Johns Hopkins curriculum assessment found there were gaps in the curriculum so some schools (but not all schools) are supplementing with additional Illustrative Mathematics lessons. She said that this is on each school/teacher; central office is not providing a list of supplementary materials. She said she did not have a list of schools that are supplementing, so parents can only find out if they ask the school itself.

Can MS math teachers talk about how AIM is implemented and how kids are doing? It seems like it would be very difficult to teach with a curriculum that has been proven to have gaps.

Didn't know but AIM seemed to be the best math course DC ever had in MCPS up until magnet math.

This is so good to know! What school?

[Anonymous]

Our MS got around this by simply getting rid of AIM...
Our kid was in Compacted 5/6 in 5th and is now in AMP7+ in 6th. AMP6+ and AMP7+ are the only options for MS math for 6th at our school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our MS got around this by simply getting rid of AIM...
Our kid was in Compacted 5/6 in 5th and is now in AMP7+ in 6th. AMP6+ and AMP7+ are the only options for MS math for 6th at our school.

What school? At the presentation last night, they said MCPS won’t offer IM next year because of gaps in the curriculum but that AIM will continue to be offered because it has accelerated and enriched instruction. From what they said, it sounded like AIM should be offered in all schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our MS got around this by simply getting rid of AIM...
Our kid was in Compacted 5/6 in 5th and is now in AMP7+ in 6th. AMP6+ and AMP7+ are the only options for MS math for 6th at our school.

What school? At the presentation last night, they said MCPS won’t offer IM next year because of gaps in the curriculum but that AIM will continue to be offered because it has accelerated and enriched instruction. From what they said, it sounded like AIM should be offered in all schools.

Great! MCPS advertised that AIM is created (along with HIGH) for 6th graders who did not get in magnet MS due to lottery. The reason is because there is a cohort of high-achieving students and we will put all of these students together and create a math class that is as good as that in TPMS/MLKJr MS. Yes, they get rid of testing and use lottery.

Now fast forward, MCPS will get rid of IM so all 6th graders are mixed together in AIM. How nice and considerate for MCPS to that cohort of high-achieving!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our MS got around this by simply getting rid of AIM...
Our kid was in Compacted 5/6 in 5th and is now in AMP7+ in 6th. AMP6+ and AMP7+ are the only options for MS math for 6th at our school.

What school? At the presentation last night, they said MCPS won’t offer IM next year because of gaps in the curriculum but that AIM will continue to be offered because it has accelerated and enriched instruction. From what they said, it sounded like AIM should be offered in all schools.

Great! MCPS advertised that AIM is created (along with HIGH) for 6th graders who did not get in magnet MS due to lottery. The reason is because there is a cohort of high-achieving students and we will put all of these students together and create a math class that is as good as that in TPMS/MLKJr MS. Yes, they get rid of testing and use lottery.

Now fast forward, MCPS will get rid of IM so all 6th graders are mixed together in AIM. How nice and considerate for MCPS to that cohort of high-achieving!

No, IM is for 7th graders who took math 6 in 6th but can accelerate a bit to get to algebra by 8th. Advanced track 6th graders take AIM, above grade level 6th graders take math 7, and on grade level take math 6. I don’t know what they will do for the kids who would have been a match for IM, but maybe it’s uncommon and they’ll just eliminate the on ramp and keep that cohort on grade level.

[Anonymous]

^ a few kids place into Algebra 1 in 6th. And NOT just at wealthy schools (there’s a troll who gets triggered every time this is mentioned).

[Anonymous]

? I thought they got rid of 2.0 after the JHU study?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ a few kids place into Algebra 1 in 6th. And NOT just at wealthy schools (there’s a troll who gets triggered every time this is mentioned).

I'd heard that's only done at the wealthy Potomac schools like Frost.