Compacted 4/5 math
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Anonymous
| I wonder what they will do with only a handful of kids..seems unlikely they will get their own class. Under the old system, it seemed like they always worked to even out the classes...like we need 25 kids taking 6th grade math or else the 5th grade class will be too big. |
Anonymous
| Let's see, if history is any indication, the principals will promise a lot and under deliver. When questioned about the class make-up or why the compacted curriculum isn't working out, the principal will blame MCPS and say they have no autonomy. Hoping my kid gets off the waitlist for a new school over the summer. |
Anonymous
| I am wondering if they will actaully get much acceleration..if they don't have a seperate teacher. |
Anonymous
Did that include 3rd graders who had applied and had been offered a spot at an HGC program in 4th grade? |
Anonymous
In my son's class only a few were even tested. |
Anonymous
| Our school only tested a handful. The school then made recs. MCPS told the schools very recently what the cut off score was. My child is going to an HGC where there will be a teacher dedicated to the compacted math curiculum and the class will be open to children in the home school who meet the criteria. |
Anonymous
| If you contact your child's teacher and/or principal they should be able to tell you whether your child's math placement for fourth grade. (At least my child's teacher/principal were very forthcoming). |
Anonymous
| Wondering the same question about the HGC. Who gets the info from the county about an HGC child, the current school or the new school? |
Anonymous
| Current school. |
Anonymous
| The current school tests and then passes on the info to the HGC. Current School can now tell you whether your child will be in compacted 4/5 math. |
Anonymous
| What schools have already notified families? I'm wondering if our school has notified but my child just didn't qualify so I don't know about it. |
Anonymous
| I don't think schools are necessarily notifying yet. We just happened to meet with the teacher this week about something else and it came up. I hope MCPS provides more information about how they figured out placement. |
Anonymous
| Schools tested students and sent the data in to MCPS. MCPS ran all the data and determined benchmark scores based on all of the students tested. That is the information that went back to schools last week. Schools now have to use the benchmark scores along with three other criteria to determine who will be in their compacted classes. That is why parents haven't been notified yet--the schools use those scores as just one piece of the data to make the decisions. Parents will have the ability to say they do not want their children in the compacted class if they so choose. |
Anonymous
| What was the test? What did the test test? |
Anonymous
| Students were given a series of 5 performance tasks over a period of a few months and teachers took data on how they performed in relation to the UCARE strands (Understanding, Computing, Applying, Reasoning, Engaging). Also in consideration was how they have performed in math throughout the year, whether the particular student would benefit from an accelerated course, and whether that students needs were or were not being met in the on-level classroom. |