Compacted math selection - when and what MAP-M score?

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At my child's CES some kids can skip over 4/5 and go into 5/6 in 4th grade. They mentioned that at our open house as well. Not a whole class but just a few students

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid is in the 3rd grade and score in the 250s in the winter score, how possible is it to request them to go to compacted math 5/6?

I doubt the school would consider having a student skip the entire 4th grade math curriculum as well as half the 5th grade curriculum. At our school, 4th and 5th graders don’t have math at the same time, so it wouldn’t be possible.

Compacted math is in 4th grade so if your 3rd grade MAP score is that high, more than likely they will be in compacted math automatically and if not, you can always request it and see what they say.

They will not jump your kid over 4/5 compacted math as its not just facts but the strategies and other stuff and 5/6 math is for 5th graders. No need to rush it.

There is one school that did this for an entire class in mcps, and the kids seem to be doing fine. That said, I wouldn't necessary do it for my kid either but just curious at what map-m score does a child need to hit before there is consideration to skip an entire year.

I only have anecdotal evidence but there's a child in my DC's 4th grade with an exorbitant MAP-M, something like 280, or so, and he is taking compacted math 4/5 with the great unwashed. Didn't even make it to a CES.

He may be gifted and have some special needs. My son was like this too, never was accepted to magnets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At my child's CES some kids can skip over 4/5 and go into 5/6 in 4th grade. They mentioned that at our open house as well. Not a whole class but just a few students

How do they assess who can skip?

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Anonymous wrote:At my child's CES some kids can skip over 4/5 and go into 5/6 in 4th grade. They mentioned that at our open house as well. Not a whole class but just a few students

How do they assess who can skip?

Spring MAP and 3rd grade teacher recommendations

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Anonymous wrote:At my child's CES some kids can skip over 4/5 and go into 5/6 in 4th grade. They mentioned that at our open house as well. Not a whole class but just a few students

How do they assess who can skip?

Spring MAP and 3rd grade teacher recommendations

Is there a cut-off score?

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Anonymous wrote:At my child's CES some kids can skip over 4/5 and go into 5/6 in 4th grade. They mentioned that at our open house as well. Not a whole class but just a few students

How do they assess who can skip?

Spring MAP and 3rd grade teacher recommendations

Is there a cut-off score?

Don’t know but it’s usualky about 33% of the kids and MCPS map scores pretty closely track the national norms so I’d guess 75% or higher. The bar really isn’t that high.

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So if you do math 5/6 in fourth grade -- what do you do in fifth grade?

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Anonymous wrote:So if you do math 5/6 in fourth grade -- what do you do in fifth grade?

IM, probably at the middle school. And then Algebra in 6th and Geometry in 7th, also at the middle school. Algebra II in 8th, likely at the high school.

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Anonymous wrote:At my child's CES some kids can skip over 4/5 and go into 5/6 in 4th grade. They mentioned that at our open house as well. Not a whole class but just a few students

How do they assess who can skip?

Spring MAP and 3rd grade teacher recommendations

Is there a cut-off score?

Don’t know but it’s usualky about 33% of the kids and MCPS map scores pretty closely track the national norms so I’d guess 75% or higher. The bar really isn’t that high.

I think we are talking about kids moving directly into math 5/6 and skipping math 4/5

[Anonymous]

I think two discussions are getting confused here.

VERY few kids are doing 5/6 in fourth grade. At my child's regional CES, only two kids out of 50-something are on that path.

I also get the impression that MCPS will resist that path for kids who are merely advanced because they have already been exposed to the material. So, I would not do Saturday School math in the hopes it will get your child into 5/6 in fourth grade, as MCPS wants kids to learn the foundations in a certain way.

For compacted math IN GENERAL, the bar is not nearly so high.

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Learning foundations the 2.0 way

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Op here. This thread was totally hijacked. Anyone else able to weigh in on original question of score needed for compacted math? I think the cut off is likely lower than the 220 quoted earlier.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. This thread was totally hijacked. Anyone else able to weigh in on original question of score needed for compacted math? I think the cut off is likely lower than the 220 quoted earlier.

Look for a 3rd grade spring RIT score for 75th percentile. It’s probably lower. This is just an educated guess.

[Anonymous]

According to the chart, the 75%ile for Spring of 3rd Grade is 213.

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Anonymous wrote:According to the chart, the 75%ile for Spring of 3rd Grade is 213.

Can anyone weigh in on whether they were rejected above 213 or accepted below it, understanding it’s not the only measure.