Math recovery plan released

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So if DC is finishing up 5/6 math, she can go on to AIM in 6th, right?

It's a possible, but not guaranteed, pathway. Here's what they say about going on to AIM in 6th:

Students are being centrally identified for C2.0 A.I.M.6. Schools will be provided a list of students, who surfaced for local enriched programs, and guidance criteria by the Accelerated and Enriched Instruction team. Parents will be notified directly, if their child has been identified. (As a placeholder, until students are identified by AEI, C2.0 A.I.M.6. should be considered for students who have excelled in Distance Learning.) C2.0 A.I.M.6. omitts critical standards that are required for Algebra 1. The omitted standards combined with ~⅓ of the Math 6 content omitted during Distance Learning makes this pathway tenuous given the number of MCAP failures in normal years.

Students who have demonstrated the need for accelerated learning and show insignificant gaps during Spring 2020 COL and 2020-2021 Distance Learning may benefit from the accelerated path. This path will have students complete Algebra 1 in Grade 7. Students considered for this pathway should have consistently high external data as measured by MCAP and MAP.

They also discuss two other pathways that would slow down acceleration by a year: Either 5/6 --> Math 7 --> Math 8 --> Algebra 1 in 8th grade OR 5/6 --> AMP 6+ (combines math 6 with half of math 7) --> AMP 7+ --> Algebra 1 in 8th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is the pathway from math 5/6 to AIM highlighted bright red? My son was already identified for AIM 6 based on teacher recommendation so does this mean his assignment for next year may still change?

It says that students for the AIM pathway is identified by central office and communicated to the middle school. I think you will need to ask the middle school if this already happened.

[Anonymous]

I'm confused. How do I know if my 4th grader, who is in 4/5 math, will continue to 5/6 math next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused. How do I know if my 4th grader, who is in 4/5 math, will continue to 5/6 math next year?

It sounds like the school will inform you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So if DC is finishing up 5/6 math, she can go on to AIM in 6th, right?

It's a possible, but not guaranteed, pathway. Here's what they say about going on to AIM in 6th:

Students are being centrally identified for C2.0 A.I.M.6. Schools will be provided a list of students, who surfaced for local enriched programs, and guidance criteria by the Accelerated and Enriched Instruction team. Parents will be notified directly, if their child has been identified. (As a placeholder, until students are identified by AEI, C2.0 A.I.M.6. should be considered for students who have excelled in Distance Learning.) C2.0 A.I.M.6. omitts critical standards that are required for Algebra 1. The omitted standards combined with ~⅓ of the Math 6 content omitted during Distance Learning makes this pathway tenuous given the number of MCAP failures in normal years.

Students who have demonstrated the need for accelerated learning and show insignificant gaps during Spring 2020 COL and 2020-2021 Distance Learning may benefit from the accelerated path. This path will have students complete Algebra 1 in Grade 7. Students considered for this pathway should have consistently high external data as measured by MCAP and MAP.

They also discuss two other pathways that would slow down acceleration by a year: Either 5/6 --> Math 7 --> Math 8 --> Algebra 1 in 8th grade OR 5/6 --> AMP 6+ (combines math 6 with half of math 7) --> AMP 7+ --> Algebra 1 in 8th grade.

Thanks for the info -- I'll keep my fingers crossed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused. How do I know if my 4th grader, who is in 4/5 math, will continue to 5/6 math next year?

It sounds like the school will inform you.

Someone on here posted recently that it will be very few of the kids who are currently in compacted math. Any idea what the percentage will be? My kid is in compacted and I fully expect him to not be selected for the higher group.

[Anonymous]

Since there isn't central teaching of 5/6 math that I can see, how will schools do that if only a few kids are eligible?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused. How do I know if my 4th grader, who is in 4/5 math, will continue to 5/6 math next year?

It sounds like the school will inform you.

Someone on here posted recently that it will be very few of the kids who are currently in compacted math. Any idea what the percentage will be? My kid is in compacted and I fully expect him to not be selected for the higher group.

That assertion was later walked back. I still don't know if the OP of that thread got bad intel, or whether MCPS changed their minds under pressure from principals, but the bar moved from "unreasonably high" to "regular high"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused. How do I know if my 4th grader, who is in 4/5 math, will continue to 5/6 math next year?

It sounds like the school will inform you.

Someone on here posted recently that it will be very few of the kids who are currently in compacted math. Any idea what the percentage will be? My kid is in compacted and I fully expect him to not be selected for the higher group.

That assertion was later walked back. I still don't know if the OP of that thread got bad intel, or whether MCPS changed their minds under pressure from principals, but the bar moved from "unreasonably high" to "regular high"

Good. This wanting to slow down all math pathways for everyone is horrible. Not all kids lacked instruction this year. Goodness knows MCPS teaches math incredibly slowly as it is.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have a sense of what, if anything, will change with the high school pathways?

My rising 9th grader is already registered for Algebra 2, which fits with the pathway laid out here. But I'm not 100% certain what the progression would have been in past years.

This seems to match up with what I can remember, though, with the only real accommodation that Algebra 2 and Geometry teachers will need to be aware of potential learning gaps and do lots on pre-testing and infill lessons as the courses progress. But I may be remembering wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m having trouble understanding what this means. My son is a 6th grader taking AIM. Next year it will be either Algebra 1 or Grade 7 math even though it states that AIM misses critical pieces of pre algebra even before the pandemic? And how will math placement be determined?

Your kid will be fine going on to Algebra. Mine skipped Aim and went directly to algebra and its fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m having trouble understanding what this means. My son is a 6th grader taking AIM. Next year it will be either Algebra 1 or Grade 7 math even though it states that AIM misses critical pieces of pre algebra even before the pandemic? And how will math placement be determined?

Your kid will be fine going on to Algebra. Mine skipped Aim and went directly to algebra and its fine.

DCUM maxim: what works for my kid works for everyone's kid!
And its corollary: what doesn't work for my kid doesn't work for anyone's kid!

[Anonymous]

I'm still confused! How will MCPS address the math learning gaps -- particularly in high school math classes? Will the curriculum that wasn't covered this year, be move to math next year or will they simply not cover it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I'm still confused! How will MCPS address the math learning gaps -- particularly in high school math classes? Will the curriculum that wasn't covered this year, be move to math next year or will they simply not cover it?

Click on the links. One of them has a detailed plan.

[Anonymous]

So they're slowing the whole math curriculum down to do Algebra in 9th as the standard pathway, correct?