Compressed 4th Grade Math Under 2.0?

[Anonymous]

I was talking to a friend today whose children attend a different ES than mine. It was her understanding that even under 2.0 the students who would have been eligible for advance math previously can take a compressed 4th and 5th grade math. Is this for all schools? Title 1 schools? Red zone schools? So confused!

[Anonymous]

This is and is not true. Compressed math will be an option in all schools, but will only be available for truly gifted math students. They are expecting numbers at each school to be very few as the children have to meet very high standards and be advanced in all areas of math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is and is not true. Compressed math will be an option in all schools, but will only be available for truly gifted math students. They are expecting numbers at each school to be very few as the children have to meet very high standards and be advanced in all areas of math.

This is also what I have heard. They do not expect to offer this to kids who need even regular enrichment/extensions, rather to those that would have previously skipped a grade level (or more).

[Anonymous]

While I am very concerned about lack of implementation detaisl, curriculum specifics and teachers training in C2.0 I actually like the idea of compacted course being offered to the few who are truely prepared. Currently way too many kids are being pushed to accelerated math classes to show numbers. Some kids are overwhelmed and need a lot more attention from teachers to improve their understanding in background materials. Teachers struggle to close the foundation gaps of many kids created over years in one school year. They cannot progress the compacted class in the pace and richness that they plan because they cannot let a section of the class fall way behind. As a result, the well-prepared kids stagnate or have to work at home to keep up their learning. As long as C2.0 has the appropriate assessment to assess the need of kids to progress to a compacted curriculum and schools are required to use the asessments every year to identify the kids, "few" is the better options for all kids.

[Anonymous]

It will be interesting to see if the acceleration is truely restricted as they say it will be. I have no doubt it will start out that way but over the years it might grow to the old system from the usual pressures..parent pressures, desire to offer equal opportunities to all, etc

[Anonymous]

Schools should not play the politics of accessibility. As for parents pressure, if parents want to override school's recommendations (based on assessment data, not teachers' judgement), then they should sign a waiver to ensure support at home for the kids to be able to handle the pace. At the end of the school year kids should be accessesed for proficiency in the level they are placed and should not be allowed to move to a different grade unless they are proficient. This system works in other countries, and I belive it would work here too.