Are MCPS Hs offering only Honor English for 9th graders?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just found our HS offers 9th Honor English to all 9th graders. Is this a new policy in MCPS?

In Montgomery County, all the children are above average.

Only in W schools.

When my kids were in school, many W parents demanded the school put their kids in APs. The result was the courses got dumbed down so they could keep up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just found our HS offers 9th Honor English to all 9th graders. Is this a new policy in MCPS?

In Montgomery County, all the children are above average.

Only in W schools.

When my kids were in school, many W parents demanded the school put their kids in APs. The result was the courses got dumbed down so they could keep up.

This doesn't strike me as a real-life example because in AP you have to pay the piper when you sit for the exam. Dumbing down the class means dumbing down the test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just found our HS offers 9th Honor English to all 9th graders. Is this a new policy in MCPS?

In Montgomery County, all the children are above average.

Only in W schools.

When my kids were in school, many W parents demanded the school put their kids in APs. The result was the courses got dumbed down so they could keep up.

This doesn't strike me as a real-life example because in AP you have to pay the piper when you sit for the exam. Dumbing down the class means dumbing down the test scores.

Unfortunately it happens all the time.

[Anonymous]

I highly doubt everyone qualifies to be in honors English or any other subject in any schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I highly doubt everyone qualifies to be in honors English or any other subject in any schools.

Well, MCPS disagrees. They've stopped differentiating English at all, so the only differentiation is either ELLs or everyone else. It's frustrating for many reasons, but most explicitly because it sends a message that literature and writing don't matter to MCPS, and neither do kids whose strengths lie in those areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just found our HS offers 9th Honor English to all 9th graders. Is this a new policy in MCPS?

In Montgomery County, all the children are above average.

Only in W schools.

When my kids were in school, many W parents demanded the school put their kids in APs. The result was the courses got dumbed down so they could keep up.

This doesn't strike me as a real-life example because in AP you have to pay the piper when you sit for the exam. Dumbing down the class means dumbing down the test scores.

Unfortunately it happens all the time.

If kids are maintaining similar scores on the standardized national exams, MCPS can’t be dumbing-down their classes all that much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just found our HS offers 9th Honor English to all 9th graders. Is this a new policy in MCPS?

In Montgomery County, all the children are above average.

Only in W schools.

When my kids were in school, many W parents demanded the school put their kids in APs. The result was the courses got dumbed down so they could keep up.

This doesn't strike me as a real-life example because in AP you have to pay the piper when you sit for the exam. Dumbing down the class means dumbing down the test scores.

Unfortunately it happens all the time.

If kids are maintaining similar scores on the standardized national exams, MCPS can’t be dumbing-down their classes all that much.

(AP exams and AP classes, that is.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just found our HS offers 9th Honor English to all 9th graders. Is this a new policy in MCPS?

In Montgomery County, all the children are above average.

Only in W schools.

When my kids were in school, many W parents demanded the school put their kids in APs. The result was the courses got dumbed down so they could keep up.

This doesn't strike me as a real-life example because in AP you have to pay the piper when you sit for the exam. Dumbing down the class means dumbing down the test scores.

Unfortunately it happens all the time.

If kids are maintaining similar scores on the standardized national exams, MCPS can’t be dumbing-down their classes all that much.

Are they maintaining similar scores on APs as before?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just found our HS offers 9th Honor English to all 9th graders. Is this a new policy in MCPS?

In Montgomery County, all the children are above average.

Only in W schools.

When my kids were in school, many W parents demanded the school put their kids in APs. The result was the courses got dumbed down so they could keep up.

This doesn't strike me as a real-life example because in AP you have to pay the piper when you sit for the exam. Dumbing down the class means dumbing down the test scores.

Unfortunately it happens all the time.

If kids are maintaining similar scores on the standardized national exams, MCPS can’t be dumbing-down their classes all that much.

(AP exams and AP classes, that is.)

AP exams have been dumbed down as well...
- long-time AP teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just found our HS offers 9th Honor English to all 9th graders. Is this a new policy in MCPS?

In Montgomery County, all the children are above average.

Only in W schools.

When my kids were in school, many W parents demanded the school put their kids in APs. The result was the courses got dumbed down so they could keep up.

This doesn't strike me as a real-life example because in AP you have to pay the piper when you sit for the exam. Dumbing down the class means dumbing down the test scores.

Unfortunately it happens all the time.

If kids are maintaining similar scores on the standardized national exams, MCPS can’t be dumbing-down their classes all that much.

(AP exams and AP classes, that is.)

AP exams have been dumbed down as well...
- long-time AP teacher

Can you provide some examples?