Benchmark in MCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Benchmark touts its Spanish materials. I wondered if that’s why mcps initially bought it (despite recommendations not to)—and perhaps why the op’s district bought it?

That is one reason. MCPS wanted one program that would do it all. They realized when they re-bid it that this was poor reasoning. Benchmark did both poorly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP are you serious? I can't believe after all the bad press about these types of curricula that FCPS signed on to this. SMH. This makes me really sad. There has to be some kind of corruption going on.

I have to think that the powers that be in FCPS had to know about Montgomery’s experience with it. Or were they truly unaware? If they did know, then it’s mind boggling to think they would invest so much money into this program.

Virginia law started requiring that every school system in the state choose a basal for core curriculum, so they had to choose something. But wow was this a bad choice.

I think it looks bad either way

[Anonymous]

I'm in FCPS and Benchmark is truly awful. It is completely ineffective. If only they would just let teachers teach. We never would have had the Lucy Calkins debacle, and we wouldn't have this either.