Bethesda Today gives Josh Starr several quotes while downplaying MCEA, MCCPTA and petitions with 100s of signatures

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Anonymous wrote:They tried putting high profile programs in low income schools. How are those IB programs going at Watkins Mill and Kennedy?

I thought the Watkins Mill IB program was considered pretty successful? I know the one at Kennedy is not good and is generally avoided but that doesn't make all of them bad

Not sure I'd consider Watkins Mill successful.... https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DHXL5Z54F2FC/$file/MCPS%20IB%20Program%20Statistics.pdf

And yes, it's still a new program. But MCPS also hasn't done any analysis to determine what is working and what isn't.

Doesn't look that bad to me given nearly all the students receive farms

That's fair, but if you're a region 5 parent with a high achieving child, are you sending them to an IB program where only 17% of students are passing the IB math exam?

And MCPS has no plans in place to improve those math outcomes. Somehow, dispersing RMIB students to attend their home schools or a new regional school program is supposed to somehow improve outcomes at lower performing regional IB programs.

Region 5 currently sends about 10 kids a year to RMIB. Even if they all go to Watkins Mill instead, it's not changing outcomes.

I do not think the goal of this regional model is for rich kids to go to poor schools and lift them up or whatever. They certainly haven't designed it to do that.

The goal is to do changes for the sake of changes to say they did something. The theory is that they can pull the smarter kids out of the poorer schools and brag about that while ignoing that plan also creates a greater divide and sets up more schools to decline.

It seems to me the Black and Brown coalition/administration wants to cut off the usual pipelines to Blair and whatever other programs they have been jealous of.

They did a good job of sinking Blair's magnet. Looking at its enrollment in 2023-24, the program had 440 students from across the country. Only 105 of those students come from the 5 high schools in Blair's new region one. I think that is a good forecast for future years. Unfortunately, the program needs at least 300 students to sustain the curriculum offerings.

Plus, it looks like MCPS is going to peel off Wootton at Crown to be in region 5, instead of region 4, where Churchill will be located. Wootton and Churchill area students are highly represented in Blair's current magnet cohort, so they could form a rigorous STEM program, but not if Wootton and Churchill are not in the same region.

They can easily fill it but do the kids want to go there? Why do W kids need to go to a school their parents slam and wouldn’t live near except for the magnet.

Because there is no longer access to Churchill and Wootton area students, Blair will not have access to the same number of highly able students. They can enroll other students, but these students will not have the same readiness for the rigorous courses, so the quality of the education will be lower. It becomes just another STEM program.

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Anonymous wrote:They tried putting high profile programs in low income schools. How are those IB programs going at Watkins Mill and Kennedy?

I thought the Watkins Mill IB program was considered pretty successful? I know the one at Kennedy is not good and is generally avoided but that doesn't make all of them bad

Not sure I'd consider Watkins Mill successful.... https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DHXL5Z54F2FC/$file/MCPS%20IB%20Program%20Statistics.pdf

And yes, it's still a new program. But MCPS also hasn't done any analysis to determine what is working and what isn't.

Doesn't look that bad to me given nearly all the students receive farms

That's fair, but if you're a region 5 parent with a high achieving child, are you sending them to an IB program where only 17% of students are passing the IB math exam?

Only 40% of MCPS seniors graduate proficient in math. This is the school system we all send our kids to. Those with education/resources see when our kids are failing and help our kids either ourselves or hire tutors.

Wrong

That is what the MD school report card says. You can say it's wrong all you want, doesn't change the reality.

You might want the MD school report again.
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Feel free to cite the "correct" number and where you got it from. Mine comes directly from the district wide report card for MCPS in the second to last table https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Graphs/#/ReportCards/ReportCardSchool/1/E/1/15/XXXX/2025

Let me help you out.
Do you know which math assessment (MCAP) some kids take in HS? Which kids take that class in HS? Are they graduating seniors, as claimed ?

The data in the report card is for graduating seniors. If they weren't proficient when they took the MCAP, why do you assume they became proficient before they graduated?

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Most students at Montgomery College are required to complete one or more developmental courses before they can enroll in college-level courses required for a degree. In 2011, 73 percent of all students new to the college required remediation in math and 29 to 35 percent required remediation in English or reading. Across subject areas, remediation rates were higher for recent high school graduates than for older ones and among Black and Latino students compared to White and Asian students.

Yes, this is old data. No, there is literally no reason to believe this has gotten any better, and many reasons to believe it has gotten worse.

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=12275&Dept=1#:~:text=Most%20students%20at%20Montgomery%20College,to%20White%20and%20Asian%20students.

Y'all not too bright

You don't care that in 2011 three quarters of students at Montgomery College had to take remedial math? Why? Is it because you are so above community college? Or because you practice magical thinking and think math proficiency has increased since then?

Usually students go to MC as they cannot afford college or are not ready. That's not surprising at all. MC is not a good data source.

About 1 in 5 MCPS students enroll in Montgomery College. These are high school graduates. Why is MCPS graduating kids who can't pass a basic math exam?

Most are low income or special needs.

This is a terrible and offensive excuse for granting high school diplomas to college bound kids who aren't ready for college.

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Most students at Montgomery College are required to complete one or more developmental courses before they can enroll in college-level courses required for a degree. In 2011, 73 percent of all students new to the college required remediation in math and 29 to 35 percent required remediation in English or reading. Across subject areas, remediation rates were higher for recent high school graduates than for older ones and among Black and Latino students compared to White and Asian students.

Yes, this is old data. No, there is literally no reason to believe this has gotten any better, and many reasons to believe it has gotten worse.

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=12275&Dept=1#:~:text=Most%20students%20at%20Montgomery%20College,to%20White%20and%20Asian%20students.

Y'all not too bright

You don't care that in 2011 three quarters of students at Montgomery College had to take remedial math? Why? Is it because you are so above community college? Or because you practice magical thinking and think math proficiency has increased since then?

Usually students go to MC as they cannot afford college or are not ready. That's not surprising at all. MC is not a good data source.

About 1 in 5 MCPS students enroll in Montgomery College. These are high school graduates. Why is MCPS graduating kids who can't pass a basic math exam?

Most are low income or special needs.

This is a terrible and offensive excuse for granting high school diplomas to college bound kids who aren't ready for college.

It's a poor use of Pell Grant funds to be paying for remedial classes that don't count towards a degree but are required before students can advance to degree-eligible credits. Thanks MCPS.

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Most students at Montgomery College are required to complete one or more developmental courses before they can enroll in college-level courses required for a degree. In 2011, 73 percent of all students new to the college required remediation in math and 29 to 35 percent required remediation in English or reading. Across subject areas, remediation rates were higher for recent high school graduates than for older ones and among Black and Latino students compared to White and Asian students.

Yes, this is old data. No, there is literally no reason to believe this has gotten any better, and many reasons to believe it has gotten worse.

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=12275&Dept=1#:~:text=Most%20students%20at%20Montgomery%20College,to%20White%20and%20Asian%20students.

Y'all not too bright

You don't care that in 2011 three quarters of students at Montgomery College had to take remedial math? Why? Is it because you are so above community college? Or because you practice magical thinking and think math proficiency has increased since then?

Usually students go to MC as they cannot afford college or are not ready. That's not surprising at all. MC is not a good data source.

About 1 in 5 MCPS students enroll in Montgomery College. These are high school graduates. Why is MCPS graduating kids who can't pass a basic math exam?

Most are low income or special needs.

This is a terrible and offensive excuse for granting high school diplomas to college bound kids who aren't ready for college.

Mc has trade programs. Not everyone can handle a four year college. Get out of your bubble.

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Most students at Montgomery College are required to complete one or more developmental courses before they can enroll in college-level courses required for a degree. In 2011, 73 percent of all students new to the college required remediation in math and 29 to 35 percent required remediation in English or reading. Across subject areas, remediation rates were higher for recent high school graduates than for older ones and among Black and Latino students compared to White and Asian students.

Yes, this is old data. No, there is literally no reason to believe this has gotten any better, and many reasons to believe it has gotten worse.

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=12275&Dept=1#:~:text=Most%20students%20at%20Montgomery%20College,to%20White%20and%20Asian%20students.

Y'all not too bright

You don't care that in 2011 three quarters of students at Montgomery College had to take remedial math? Why? Is it because you are so above community college? Or because you practice magical thinking and think math proficiency has increased since then?

Usually students go to MC as they cannot afford college or are not ready. That's not surprising at all. MC is not a good data source.

About 1 in 5 MCPS students enroll in Montgomery College. These are high school graduates. Why is MCPS graduating kids who can't pass a basic math exam?

Most are low income or special needs.

This is a terrible and offensive excuse for granting high school diplomas to college bound kids who aren't ready for college.

Mc has trade programs. Not everyone can handle a four year college. Get out of your bubble.

They should be able to handle basic math if they have a high school degree. Tradespeople need to be able to do math maybe even more than other professions

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Most students at Montgomery College are required to complete one or more developmental courses before they can enroll in college-level courses required for a degree. In 2011, 73 percent of all students new to the college required remediation in math and 29 to 35 percent required remediation in English or reading. Across subject areas, remediation rates were higher for recent high school graduates than for older ones and among Black and Latino students compared to White and Asian students.

Yes, this is old data. No, there is literally no reason to believe this has gotten any better, and many reasons to believe it has gotten worse.

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=12275&Dept=1#:~:text=Most%20students%20at%20Montgomery%20College,to%20White%20and%20Asian%20students.

Y'all not too bright

You don't care that in 2011 three quarters of students at Montgomery College had to take remedial math? Why? Is it because you are so above community college? Or because you practice magical thinking and think math proficiency has increased since then?

Usually students go to MC as they cannot afford college or are not ready. That's not surprising at all. MC is not a good data source.

About 1 in 5 MCPS students enroll in Montgomery College. These are high school graduates. Why is MCPS graduating kids who can't pass a basic math exam?

Most are low income or special needs.

This is a terrible and offensive excuse for granting high school diplomas to college bound kids who aren't ready for college.

Mc has trade programs. Not everyone can handle a four year college. Get out of your bubble.

They should be able to handle basic math if they have a high school degree. Tradespeople need to be able to do math maybe even more than other professions

Be thankful you don't have a special needs kid as you clearly have no clue about anything outside of your bubble.

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Most students at Montgomery College are required to complete one or more developmental courses before they can enroll in college-level courses required for a degree. In 2011, 73 percent of all students new to the college required remediation in math and 29 to 35 percent required remediation in English or reading. Across subject areas, remediation rates were higher for recent high school graduates than for older ones and among Black and Latino students compared to White and Asian students.

Yes, this is old data. No, there is literally no reason to believe this has gotten any better, and many reasons to believe it has gotten worse.

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=12275&Dept=1#:~:text=Most%20students%20at%20Montgomery%20College,to%20White%20and%20Asian%20students.

Y'all not too bright

You don't care that in 2011 three quarters of students at Montgomery College had to take remedial math? Why? Is it because you are so above community college? Or because you practice magical thinking and think math proficiency has increased since then?

Usually students go to MC as they cannot afford college or are not ready. That's not surprising at all. MC is not a good data source.

About 1 in 5 MCPS students enroll in Montgomery College. These are high school graduates. Why is MCPS graduating kids who can't pass a basic math exam?

Most are low income or special needs.

This is a terrible and offensive excuse for granting high school diplomas to college bound kids who aren't ready for college.

Mc has trade programs. Not everyone can handle a four year college. Get out of your bubble.

They should be able to handle basic math if they have a high school degree. Tradespeople need to be able to do math maybe even more than other professions

Be thankful you don't have a special needs kid as you clearly have no clue about anything outside of your bubble.

I have a special needs kid you dufus. My kid deserves an education and to be able to meet standards.

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Most students at Montgomery College are required to complete one or more developmental courses before they can enroll in college-level courses required for a degree. In 2011, 73 percent of all students new to the college required remediation in math and 29 to 35 percent required remediation in English or reading. Across subject areas, remediation rates were higher for recent high school graduates than for older ones and among Black and Latino students compared to White and Asian students.

Yes, this is old data. No, there is literally no reason to believe this has gotten any better, and many reasons to believe it has gotten worse.

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=12275&Dept=1#:~:text=Most%20students%20at%20Montgomery%20College,to%20White%20and%20Asian%20students.

Y'all not too bright

You don't care that in 2011 three quarters of students at Montgomery College had to take remedial math? Why? Is it because you are so above community college? Or because you practice magical thinking and think math proficiency has increased since then?

Usually students go to MC as they cannot afford college or are not ready. That's not surprising at all. MC is not a good data source.

About 1 in 5 MCPS students enroll in Montgomery College. These are high school graduates. Why is MCPS graduating kids who can't pass a basic math exam?

Most are low income or special needs.

This is a terrible and offensive excuse for granting high school diplomas to college bound kids who aren't ready for college.

Mc has trade programs. Not everyone can handle a four year college. Get out of your bubble.

They should be able to handle basic math if they have a high school degree. Tradespeople need to be able to do math maybe even more than other professions

Be thankful you don't have a special needs kid as you clearly have no clue about anything outside of your bubble.

I have a special needs kid you dufus. My kid deserves an education and to be able to meet standards.

Grown ups don't name call and there are lots of different special needs with different educational impacts. Not all kids can meet the standard, sadly.

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Most students at Montgomery College are required to complete one or more developmental courses before they can enroll in college-level courses required for a degree. In 2011, 73 percent of all students new to the college required remediation in math and 29 to 35 percent required remediation in English or reading. Across subject areas, remediation rates were higher for recent high school graduates than for older ones and among Black and Latino students compared to White and Asian students.

Yes, this is old data. No, there is literally no reason to believe this has gotten any better, and many reasons to believe it has gotten worse.

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=12275&Dept=1#:~:text=Most%20students%20at%20Montgomery%20College,to%20White%20and%20Asian%20students.

Y'all not too bright

You don't care that in 2011 three quarters of students at Montgomery College had to take remedial math? Why? Is it because you are so above community college? Or because you practice magical thinking and think math proficiency has increased since then?

Usually students go to MC as they cannot afford college or are not ready. That's not surprising at all. MC is not a good data source.

About 1 in 5 MCPS students enroll in Montgomery College. These are high school graduates. Why is MCPS graduating kids who can't pass a basic math exam?

Most are low income or special needs.

This is a terrible and offensive excuse for granting high school diplomas to college bound kids who aren't ready for college.

Mc has trade programs. Not everyone can handle a four year college. Get out of your bubble.

They should be able to handle basic math if they have a high school degree. Tradespeople need to be able to do math maybe even more than other professions

Be thankful you don't have a special needs kid as you clearly have no clue about anything outside of your bubble.

I have a special needs kid you dufus. My kid deserves an education and to be able to meet standards.

Grown ups don't name call and there are lots of different special needs with different educational impacts. Not all kids can meet the standard, sadly.

We're talking about kids earned high school diplomas and enrolled in college. They shouldn't have to take remedial math in college if they earned a high school diploma. You can't blame the kids for being too poor or having special needs. That's disgusting.

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Most students at Montgomery College are required to complete one or more developmental courses before they can enroll in college-level courses required for a degree. In 2011, 73 percent of all students new to the college required remediation in math and 29 to 35 percent required remediation in English or reading. Across subject areas, remediation rates were higher for recent high school graduates than for older ones and among Black and Latino students compared to White and Asian students.

Yes, this is old data. No, there is literally no reason to believe this has gotten any better, and many reasons to believe it has gotten worse.

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=12275&Dept=1#:~:text=Most%20students%20at%20Montgomery%20College,to%20White%20and%20Asian%20students.

Y'all not too bright

You don't care that in 2011 three quarters of students at Montgomery College had to take remedial math? Why? Is it because you are so above community college? Or because you practice magical thinking and think math proficiency has increased since then?

Usually students go to MC as they cannot afford college or are not ready. That's not surprising at all. MC is not a good data source.

About 1 in 5 MCPS students enroll in Montgomery College. These are high school graduates. Why is MCPS graduating kids who can't pass a basic math exam?

Most are low income or special needs.

This is a terrible and offensive excuse for granting high school diplomas to college bound kids who aren't ready for college.

Mc has trade programs. Not everyone can handle a four year college. Get out of your bubble.

They should be able to handle basic math if they have a high school degree. Tradespeople need to be able to do math maybe even more than other professions

Be thankful you don't have a special needs kid as you clearly have no clue about anything outside of your bubble.

I have a special needs kid you dufus. My kid deserves an education and to be able to meet standards.

Grown ups don't name call and there are lots of different special needs with different educational impacts. Not all kids can meet the standard, sadly.

We're talking about kids earned high school diplomas and enrolled in college. They shouldn't have to take remedial math in college if they earned a high school diploma. You can't blame the kids for being too poor or having special needs. That's disgusting.

College has different expectations. Most colleges test for math and its hard when kids are taking algebra in 6-8th to remember it all.

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Most students at Montgomery College are required to complete one or more developmental courses before they can enroll in college-level courses required for a degree. In 2011, 73 percent of all students new to the college required remediation in math and 29 to 35 percent required remediation in English or reading. Across subject areas, remediation rates were higher for recent high school graduates than for older ones and among Black and Latino students compared to White and Asian students.

Yes, this is old data. No, there is literally no reason to believe this has gotten any better, and many reasons to believe it has gotten worse.

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=12275&Dept=1#:~:text=Most%20students%20at%20Montgomery%20College,to%20White%20and%20Asian%20students.

Y'all not too bright

You don't care that in 2011 three quarters of students at Montgomery College had to take remedial math? Why? Is it because you are so above community college? Or because you practice magical thinking and think math proficiency has increased since then?

Usually students go to MC as they cannot afford college or are not ready. That's not surprising at all. MC is not a good data source.

About 1 in 5 MCPS students enroll in Montgomery College. These are high school graduates. Why is MCPS graduating kids who can't pass a basic math exam?

Most are low income or special needs.

This is a terrible and offensive excuse for granting high school diplomas to college bound kids who aren't ready for college.

Mc has trade programs. Not everyone can handle a four year college. Get out of your bubble.

They should be able to handle basic math if they have a high school degree. Tradespeople need to be able to do math maybe even more than other professions

Be thankful you don't have a special needs kid as you clearly have no clue about anything outside of your bubble.

I have a special needs kid you dufus. My kid deserves an education and to be able to meet standards.

Grown ups don't name call and there are lots of different special needs with different educational impacts. Not all kids can meet the standard, sadly.

We're talking about kids earned high school diplomas and enrolled in college. They shouldn't have to take remedial math in college if they earned a high school diploma. You can't blame the kids for being too poor or having special needs. That's disgusting.

College has different expectations. Most colleges test for math and its hard when kids are taking algebra in 6-8th to remember it all.

Keep coming up with new excuses. Jfc

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Anonymous wrote:They tried putting high profile programs in low income schools. How are those IB programs going at Watkins Mill and Kennedy?

I thought the Watkins Mill IB program was considered pretty successful? I know the one at Kennedy is not good and is generally avoided but that doesn't make all of them bad

Not sure I'd consider Watkins Mill successful.... https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DHXL5Z54F2FC/$file/MCPS%20IB%20Program%20Statistics.pdf

And yes, it's still a new program. But MCPS also hasn't done any analysis to determine what is working and what isn't.

Doesn't look that bad to me given nearly all the students receive farms

That's fair, but if you're a region 5 parent with a high achieving child, are you sending them to an IB program where only 17% of students are passing the IB math exam?

And MCPS has no plans in place to improve those math outcomes. Somehow, dispersing RMIB students to attend their home schools or a new regional school program is supposed to somehow improve outcomes at lower performing regional IB programs.

Region 5 currently sends about 10 kids a year to RMIB. Even if they all go to Watkins Mill instead, it's not changing outcomes.

I do not think the goal of this regional model is for rich kids to go to poor schools and lift them up or whatever. They certainly haven't designed it to do that.

The goal is to do changes for the sake of changes to say they did something. The theory is that they can pull the smarter kids out of the poorer schools and brag about that while ignoing that plan also creates a greater divide and sets up more schools to decline.

It seems to me the Black and Brown coalition/administration wants to cut off the usual pipelines to Blair and whatever other programs they have been jealous of.

They did a good job of sinking Blair's magnet. Looking at its enrollment in 2023-24, the program had 440 students from across the country. Only 105 of those students come from the 5 high schools in Blair's new region one. I think that is a good forecast for future years. Unfortunately, the program needs at least 300 students to sustain the curriculum offerings.

Plus, it looks like MCPS is going to peel off Wootton at Crown to be in region 5, instead of region 4, where Churchill will be located. Wootton and Churchill area students are highly represented in Blair's current magnet cohort, so they could form a rigorous STEM program, but not if Wootton and Churchill are not in the same region.

They can easily fill it but do the kids want to go there? Why do W kids need to go to a school their parents slam and wouldn’t live near except for the magnet.

Because there is no longer access to Churchill and Wootton area students, Blair will not have access to the same number of highly able students. They can enroll other students, but these students will not have the same readiness for the rigorous courses, so the quality of the education will be lower. It becomes just another STEM program.

Huh??
Do you know that before they made the changes to the magnets, i.e. no CogAt, just MAP scores, most of the admittance were from the DCC and Wootton. Churchill and WJ benefitted the most from the changes. There used to be threads here complaining about how the magnet committee discriminate against the W schools because there were so few admittance from the W schools, except for Wootton.

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Anonymous wrote:They tried putting high profile programs in low income schools. How are those IB programs going at Watkins Mill and Kennedy?

I thought the Watkins Mill IB program was considered pretty successful? I know the one at Kennedy is not good and is generally avoided but that doesn't make all of them bad

Not sure I'd consider Watkins Mill successful.... https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DHXL5Z54F2FC/$file/MCPS%20IB%20Program%20Statistics.pdf

And yes, it's still a new program. But MCPS also hasn't done any analysis to determine what is working and what isn't.

Doesn't look that bad to me given nearly all the students receive farms

That's fair, but if you're a region 5 parent with a high achieving child, are you sending them to an IB program where only 17% of students are passing the IB math exam?

Only 40% of MCPS seniors graduate proficient in math. This is the school system we all send our kids to. Those with education/resources see when our kids are failing and help our kids either ourselves or hire tutors.

Wrong

That is what the MD school report card says. You can say it's wrong all you want, doesn't change the reality.

You might want the MD school report again.
Slowly this time

Feel free to cite the "correct" number and where you got it from. Mine comes directly from the district wide report card for MCPS in the second to last table https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Graphs/#/ReportCards/ReportCardSchool/1/E/1/15/XXXX/2025

Let me help you out.
Do you know which math assessment (MCAP) some kids take in HS? Which kids take that class in HS? Are they graduating seniors, as claimed ?

The data in the report card is for graduating seniors. If they weren't proficient when they took the MCAP, why do you assume they became proficient before they graduated?

The math assessment given in HS is algebra 1. The vast majority of MCPS students take it in 8th grade. The ones who take it in HS (usually 9th grade) and take the MCAP are the ones below level grade.
Clearly you are clueless and have no kids in MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:They tried putting high profile programs in low income schools. How are those IB programs going at Watkins Mill and Kennedy?

I thought the Watkins Mill IB program was considered pretty successful? I know the one at Kennedy is not good and is generally avoided but that doesn't make all of them bad

Not sure I'd consider Watkins Mill successful.... https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DHXL5Z54F2FC/$file/MCPS%20IB%20Program%20Statistics.pdf

And yes, it's still a new program. But MCPS also hasn't done any analysis to determine what is working and what isn't.

Doesn't look that bad to me given nearly all the students receive farms

That's fair, but if you're a region 5 parent with a high achieving child, are you sending them to an IB program where only 17% of students are passing the IB math exam?

Only 40% of MCPS seniors graduate proficient in math. This is the school system we all send our kids to. Those with education/resources see when our kids are failing and help our kids either ourselves or hire tutors.

Wrong

That is what the MD school report card says. You can say it's wrong all you want, doesn't change the reality.

You might want the MD school report again.
Slowly this time

Feel free to cite the "correct" number and where you got it from. Mine comes directly from the district wide report card for MCPS in the second to last table https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Graphs/#/ReportCards/ReportCardSchool/1/E/1/15/XXXX/2025

Let me help you out.
Do you know which math assessment (MCAP) some kids take in HS? Which kids take that class in HS? Are they graduating seniors, as claimed ?

The data in the report card is for graduating seniors. If they weren't proficient when they took the MCAP, why do you assume they became proficient before they graduated?

The math assessment given in HS is algebra 1. The vast majority of MCPS students take it in 8th grade. The ones who take it in HS (usually 9th grade) and take the MCAP are the ones below level grade.
Clearly you are clueless and have no kids in MCPS.

No, there is data in the MD school report card for Algebra 2 and Geometry MCAP assessments. The 40% figure includes those assessments. You are correct that proficiency rates for those courses are higher, but there are still significant percentages of those students that do not test proficient. And of course, the majority of those that take Algebra 1 in HS are not proficient, which is not good.

Essentially, what you all are arguing is that the kids that aren't proficient don't matter because they are "those other kids" and if we just look at the better performers then everything looks much better. That's nonsensical.