How is Your 99%'er Who Did not Go to TPMS or Eastern Handling 6th Grade This Year?

[Anonymous]

OP DC was in 6th last year. Has found the cohort and content of AIM and HIGH to be just right last year and this year. Also taking the high school pace language both years. English was ok/good in 6th, more frustrating this year. Science too slow both years. Orchestra too slow in 6th, fine now. Seems, all in all, the time we save (300+ hours per year) not being on bus/car pool more than offsets the somewhat different classes/cohort at TPMS/Eastern. DC pleased with the choice to stay. Will revisit this next year when HS magnets become a possibility. YMMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Living under a bridge. It turns out that age 11 was his last opportunity to shine in the world, and now all is lost.

Your post is incoherent and makes no sense. Maybe you meant to post in another thread?

This thread is about 6th graders and the classes offered in MCPS MSs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid went from a regional CES to the home MS. 99% for MAP scores.

She likes the AIM HIGH courses. English is pretty sad because it’s mixed ability English and there are some kids who have trouble writing basic sentences. Science has been good because she has a good teacher.

For English, even in TPMS it is mixed with non magnet, which is worse than average home MS

[Anonymous]

I don’t know anyone that falls off an 8 seater banana boat. Even when doing donuts on a windy, wavy day in salt water.

But yes, get the super uncoordinated kids off the banana boat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were there kids who scored in the 99th percentile within MCPS (vs 99 percentile nationally). Who didn’t get in the magnets? I don’t remember anyone like that posting when the results come out, but of course that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

Yes absolutely. My kid was at a regional CES and there were only 8 kid admitted across all three CES classes. There were many really high scoring kids who did not get into the Magnet MS.

MCPS changed the MS Magnets around last year. Instead of pulling just the highest scoring kids, they took lower scoring students who scored high relative to others at their lower performing schools. In other words, a kid with an 89%ile score at a lower performing school would get in over a 99%ile kid at a school with lots of 99%ile kids.

My kid was in the first year of the changes (2 years ago, a 7th grader now) -- that year, tons of 99 percentile (national) kids did not get into the magnets because of the new cohort rule. There was no percentile score just considering the MCPS population. Last year, the reporting of scores changed again and some kids who got 99th percentile nationally received much lower scores when reported as an MCPS percentile -- e.g. in the 80's. So you're saying that lots of kids that had a 99th percentile MCPS (not just national) score didn't get in? I was hoping that the admissions process had changed a bit so that at least the 99th percentile within MCPS were mostly getting in, and then cohort rationale then filled out the rest of the class -- since the magnets can fit out 3% of the class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Living under a bridge. It turns out that age 11 was his last opportunity to shine in the world, and now all is lost.

Your post is incoherent and makes no sense. Maybe you meant to post in another thread?

This thread is about 6th graders and the classes offered in MCPS MSs.

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It was a joke. The question the thread posed was how is your “99%”er doing if — OH NO — they were not admitted to the magnet middle schools. I joked that missing out on a magnet middle school ruined my 11-year-old’s life and he will never be the same again. That was sarcasm.

I have a very bright “CES” kid who went to a regular middle school and now thriving at a regular high school. Parents need to tone down their anxiety about this, for the sake of their kids.

[Anonymous]

Better for the kids to repeat AIM then to fail (or get a C) in Algdbra I or Honors Geometry. Happens all the time. Not all the kids who were in compacted math will stay in that accelerated path. Teachers should move fast in AIM to help sort that out. Better now than later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Better for the kids to repeat AIM then to fail (or get a C) in Algdbra I or Honors Geometry. Happens all the time. Not all the kids who were in compacted math will stay in that accelerated path. Teachers should move fast in AIM to help sort that out. Better now than later.

Did this happen to your kid? If you’re feigning concern for other people’s kids, mind your own business—this doesn’t happen all the time. These classes are all taught on a spiral with plenty of review along the way.

[Anonymous]

I have older kids. It happened to several of their friends. I have a current 6th grader. She is not in AIM because we didn’t push for that. Other parents did.

[Anonymous]

It’s devestating to a kid to get a D or a C. Accelerated math is not for everyone. You can’t force it, even with all the prep work. The difficulty catches up with them, usually it’s Agebra II. Would love to see stats on how many kids who were in compacted math ultimately repeated a HS math class.

[Anonymous]

Wouldn’t it be nice if mcps could make gifted and talented assessments/placements without parents prepping their kids? That skews everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Living under a bridge. It turns out that age 11 was his last opportunity to shine in the world, and now all is lost.

Your post is incoherent and makes no sense. Maybe you meant to post in another thread?

This thread is about 6th graders and the classes offered in MCPS MSs.

?

It was a joke. The question the thread posed was how is your “99%”er doing if — OH NO — they were not admitted to the magnet middle schools. I joked that missing out on a magnet middle school ruined my 11-year-old’s life and he will never be the same again. That was sarcasm.

I have a very bright “CES” kid who went to a regular middle school and now thriving at a regular high school. Parents need to tone down their anxiety about this, for the sake of their kids.

Nobody expressed anxiety. Nobody expressed concern about not attending a Magnet MS. There are many kids who were admitted to the Magnet MS but chose not to attend.

I took OP’s post at face value. Just a question as to what to expect when her 5th Grader went to the home MS after the CES.

If you saw it as some other sort of anxiety ridden commentary, that’s your own obnoxious projection. Sounds like you need to tone down your sarcasm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were there kids who scored in the 99th percentile within MCPS (vs 99 percentile nationally). Who didn’t get in the magnets? I don’t remember anyone like that posting when the results come out, but of course that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

Yes absolutely. My kid was at a regional CES and there were only 8 kid admitted across all three CES classes. There were many really high scoring kids who did not get into the Magnet MS.

MCPS changed the MS Magnets around last year. Instead of pulling just the highest scoring kids, they took lower scoring students who scored high relative to others at their lower performing schools. In other words, a kid with an 89%ile score at a lower performing school would get in over a 99%ile kid at a school with lots of 99%ile kids.

My kid was in the first year of the changes (2 years ago, a 7th grader now) -- that year, tons of 99 percentile (national) kids did not get into the magnets because of the new cohort rule. There was no percentile score just considering the MCPS population. Last year, the reporting of scores changed again and some kids who got 99th percentile nationally received much lower scores when reported as an MCPS percentile -- e.g. in the 80's. So you're saying that lots of kids that had a 99th percentile MCPS (not just national) score didn't get in? I was hoping that the admissions process had changed a bit so that at least the 99th percentile within MCPS were mostly getting in, and then cohort rationale then filled out the rest of the class -- since the magnets can fit out 3% of the class.

Yes. That is the case.

And also many kids from the regional CES who were 99%ile kids and DID get in, chose not to attend for various reasons (commute, friends).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were there kids who scored in the 99th percentile within MCPS (vs 99 percentile nationally). Who didn’t get in the magnets? I don’t remember anyone like that posting when the results come out, but of course that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

Yes absolutely. My kid was at a regional CES and there were only 8 kid admitted across all three CES classes. There were many really high scoring kids who did not get into the Magnet MS.

MCPS changed the MS Magnets around last year. Instead of pulling just the highest scoring kids, they took lower scoring students who scored high relative to others at their lower performing schools. In other words, a kid with an 89%ile score at a lower performing school would get in over a 99%ile kid at a school with lots of 99%ile kids.

My kid was in the first year of the changes (2 years ago, a 7th grader now) -- that year, tons of 99 percentile (national) kids did not get into the magnets because of the new cohort rule. There was no percentile score just considering the MCPS population. Last year, the reporting of scores changed again and some kids who got 99th percentile nationally received much lower scores when reported as an MCPS percentile -- e.g. in the 80's. So you're saying that lots of kids that had a 99th percentile MCPS (not just national) score didn't get in? I was hoping that the admissions process had changed a bit so that at least the 99th percentile within MCPS were mostly getting in, and then cohort rationale then filled out the rest of the class -- since the magnets can fit out 3% of the class.

Yes. That is the case.

And also many kids from the regional CES who were 99%ile kids and DID get in, chose not to attend for various reasons (commute, friends).

Here is the gotcha -- MCPS also played with various factors to influence the MCPS %. I was a bit shocked when I found this out. So their MCPS % is not even a true comparison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have older kids. It happened to several of their friends. I have a current 6th grader. She is not in AIM because we didn’t push for that. Other parents did.

AIM has only existed for two years, so for your older kids friends it was likely "regular" IM, still an advanced class, but not the class the OP has asked about.