MCPS is cuttting compacted math and cohorted literacy enrichment

[Anonymous]

Okay, at least she understands the basics of the different cluster grouping "groups", even though the picture is wrong (you don't have 1 and 5 together, you do 1 34 or 2-5.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay they're saying they're not interrupting 4th graders in compacted currently...

But are they not doing it, or are they just saying they're not doing it?

[Anonymous]

In 5 years they are going cite the absolute failure of 10th grade Calc AB after skipping honors geometry and algebra content, and then cancel the whole thing.

[Anonymous]

I don't get what this lady was saying when presenting the future pathway for current compacted math students. She explicitly said there would be no impact for them in the next school year, but what's written there is "math 5/with acceleration" who should have be learning "Gr5/Gr6" content?

Is "math 5/with acceleration" equivalent to the current "compacted math 5/6"?

[Anonymous]

Screw you talking about transparency while throwing this at us at the last minute...

[Anonymous]

So they are keeping 5/6 rather than doing cluster grouping for 5th grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get what this lady was saying when presenting the future pathway for current compacted math students. She explicitly said there would be no impact for them in the next school year, but what's written there is "math 5/with acceleration" who should have be learning "Gr5/Gr6" content?

Is "math 5/with acceleration" equivalent to the current "compacted math 5/6"?

Right -- and there's still the issue that Amplify and Eureka do not present information in the same order. How are they rectifying that?

[Anonymous]

Yang is up! plane to catch!

[Anonymous]

So what is going on with 3rd and 5 th grade next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get what this lady was saying when presenting the future pathway for current compacted math students. She explicitly said there would be no impact for them in the next school year, but what's written there is "math 5/with acceleration" who should have be learning "Gr5/Gr6" content?

Is "math 5/with acceleration" equivalent to the current "compacted math 5/6"?

Right -- and there's still the issue that Amplify and Eureka do not present information in the same order. How are they rectifying that?

I don't believe so. That "snake seating" picture is clearly saying they are implementing heterogeneous class room setting. So the current compacted math students will be heading back to their home room into a grouped table as "cluster 1"? That's my understanding.

[Anonymous]

So basically teachers will be teaching different materials to different students simultaneously???

[Anonymous]

Yang says:

You say "Tier 1 Instruction"

You say "Math: differentiation."

You are doing whole-group instruction, but also, kids need different pacing. How?

Answer: Amplify Desmos has math activities. Teachers have a choice to use "stretch" materials for certain kids.

I think the idea is is that the computers and worksheets will teach the kids, and the teachers won't.

But MCPS is afraid to say that.

[Anonymous]

Yang: "Have you asked teachers for feedback? What is the accountability measure that this actually happens?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In 5 years they are going cite the absolute failure of 10th grade Calc AB after skipping honors geometry and algebra content, and then cancel the whole thing.

What exactly is "honors geometry" and "algebra" content? You mean Honors Algebra 2? I don't think there's any differentiation before then. Just trying to understand (I'm pro-tracking and my kids actually tended to complain that the compacted track was still too easy - would prefer enrichment to acceleration, but that doesn't exist before Honors Algebra 2.)

[Anonymous]

There we go, she's lying now that they are forced to do this by the state, when they absolutely are not.