New elementary language arts curricula

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone who actually understands the process (not just snarking) tell me how we got to Benchmark to begin with?

I know there was an RFP, and that a committee chose Benchmark. Did MCCPTA support it at the time? How was it chosen if it's been problematic since the beginning?

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The original RFP had proposals due in Nov. 2022. https://www.montgomerysch...ce/ela-rfp

Going back to the purpose of the MCCPTA post, for those who support getting rid of Benchmark in favor of a more rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum, please email the BoE and urge them to adopt the Amplify CKLA curriculum at tomorrow's meeting:

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

The original RFP is useless. The entire process was started over and MCPS picked the same no bid vendor they have been using for over 15 years.

What perks have mCPS administrators been receiving from this company over those years?

Who were the other bidders? Name them if you think this has been an open, transparent process.

[Anonymous]

DP. I think the point about the long "process" is more about the amount of time it's taken to procure a new curriculum since Benchmark was finally determined to be inadequate by MCPS and the longer time it had been seen that way by a large portuin of teachers and families. The relative recency of the Benchmark choice had something to do with that -- nobody wants constant churn in curricula and staff capacity is limited so that there is a staggering of evaluatuon/procurement activity. Everything got shifted to the right with the pandemic, as well.

Last year's effort got mired in a disconnect between the curriculum office and members of the BOE who wanted greater diversity representation. Another reason to want BOE members covered for full-time-level involvement with adequate staff to have these things hashed out earlier/avoid wasted effort (though I'm sure there were insights gained that helped the current process).

The current evaluation, though not taking years, inherits from the above. Mix in the effort to construct/disseminate the ELC over the past few years to supplement where BA came up so short, and it makes it seem like the process of getting a new LA curriculum has been going on for a very long time, indeed.

I hope the currently proposed curriculum works out better. As PP points out, greater transparency would be great -- not just MCCPTA involvement, which is very good to have, but easily accessed meeting notes, etc., for any seeking to understand the process, priorities and reasoning. I haven't been involved in this, but, from other conversations about curricula, I think most concerns would tend to be met with rather rational justifications; I've found that the line staff working on these things tend to be pretty smart and dedicated folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The original RFP had proposals due in Nov. 2022. https://www.montgomerysch...ce/ela-rfp

Going back to the purpose of the MCCPTA post, for those who support getting rid of Benchmark in favor of a more rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum, please email the BoE and urge them to adopt the Amplify CKLA curriculum at tomorrow's meeting:

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

The original RFP is useless. The entire process was started over and MCPS picked the same no bid vendor they have been using for over 15 years.

What perks have mCPS administrators been receiving from this company over those years?

Who were the other bidders? Name them if you think this has been an open, transparent process.

You seem to have a particular problem that has nothing to do with whether or not the curriculum in question is worthy of replacing Benchmark. If you have a problem with the curriculum state it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The original RFP had proposals due in Nov. 2022. https://www.montgomerysch...ce/ela-rfp

Going back to the purpose of the MCCPTA post, for those who support getting rid of Benchmark in favor of a more rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum, please email the BoE and urge them to adopt the Amplify CKLA curriculum at tomorrow's meeting:

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

The original RFP is useless. The entire process was started over and MCPS picked the same no bid vendor they have been using for over 15 years.

What perks have mCPS administrators been receiving from this company over those years?

Who were the other bidders? Name them if you think this has been an open, transparent process.

You seem to have a particular problem that has nothing to do with whether or not the curriculum in question is worthy of replacing Benchmark. If you have a problem with the curriculum state it.

Where is the curriculum posted for review?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The original RFP had proposals due in Nov. 2022. https://www.montgomerysch...ce/ela-rfp

Going back to the purpose of the MCCPTA post, for those who support getting rid of Benchmark in favor of a more rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum, please email the BoE and urge them to adopt the Amplify CKLA curriculum at tomorrow's meeting:

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

The original RFP is useless. The entire process was started over and MCPS picked the same no bid vendor they have been using for over 15 years.

What perks have mCPS administrators been receiving from this company over those years?

Who were the other bidders? Name them if you think this has been an open, transparent process.

You seem to have a particular problem that has nothing to do with whether or not the curriculum in question is worthy of replacing Benchmark. If you have a problem with the curriculum state it.

Where is the curriculum posted for review?

Its Core Knowledge from Amplify. You can look it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The original RFP had proposals due in Nov. 2022. https://www.montgomerysch...ce/ela-rfp

Going back to the purpose of the MCCPTA post, for those who support getting rid of Benchmark in favor of a more rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum, please email the BoE and urge them to adopt the Amplify CKLA curriculum at tomorrow's meeting:

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

The original RFP is useless. The entire process was started over and MCPS picked the same no bid vendor they have been using for over 15 years.

What perks have mCPS administrators been receiving from this company over those years?

Who were the other bidders? Name them if you think this has been an open, transparent process.

You seem to have a particular problem that has nothing to do with whether or not the curriculum in question is worthy of replacing Benchmark. If you have a problem with the curriculum state it.

Where is the curriculum posted for review?

Its Core Knowledge from Amplify. You can look it up.

Then not available for MCPS parents. Good to know.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The original RFP had proposals due in Nov. 2022. https://www.montgomerysch...ce/ela-rfp

Going back to the purpose of the MCCPTA post, for those who support getting rid of Benchmark in favor of a more rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum, please email the BoE and urge them to adopt the Amplify CKLA curriculum at tomorrow's meeting:

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

The original RFP is useless. The entire process was started over and MCPS picked the same no bid vendor they have been using for over 15 years.

What perks have mCPS administrators been receiving from this company over those years?

Who were the other bidders? Name them if you think this has been an open, transparent process.

You seem to have a particular problem that has nothing to do with whether or not the curriculum in question is worthy of replacing Benchmark. If you have a problem with the curriculum state it.

Where is the curriculum posted for review?

Its Core Knowledge from Amplify. You can look it up.

Then not available for MCPS parents. Good to know.

Not for those who think others should do their research for them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The original RFP had proposals due in Nov. 2022. https://www.montgomerysch...ce/ela-rfp

Going back to the purpose of the MCCPTA post, for those who support getting rid of Benchmark in favor of a more rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum, please email the BoE and urge them to adopt the Amplify CKLA curriculum at tomorrow's meeting:

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

The original RFP is useless. The entire process was started over and MCPS picked the same no bid vendor they have been using for over 15 years.

What perks have mCPS administrators been receiving from this company over those years?

Who were the other bidders? Name them if you think this has been an open, transparent process.

You seem to have a particular problem that has nothing to do with whether or not the curriculum in question is worthy of replacing Benchmark. If you have a problem with the curriculum state it.

Where is the curriculum posted for review?

Its Core Knowledge from Amplify. You can look it up.

Then not available for MCPS parents. Good to know.

And this is why DCUM criticism is so stupid. Rather than take six seconds and use Google and learn something, you leave this stupid comment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The original RFP had proposals due in Nov. 2022. https://www.montgomerysch...ce/ela-rfp

Going back to the purpose of the MCCPTA post, for those who support getting rid of Benchmark in favor of a more rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum, please email the BoE and urge them to adopt the Amplify CKLA curriculum at tomorrow's meeting:

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

The original RFP is useless. The entire process was started over and MCPS picked the same no bid vendor they have been using for over 15 years.

What perks have mCPS administrators been receiving from this company over those years?

Who were the other bidders? Name them if you think this has been an open, transparent process.

You seem to have a particular problem that has nothing to do with whether or not the curriculum in question is worthy of replacing Benchmark. If you have a problem with the curriculum state it.

Where is the curriculum posted for review?

Its Core Knowledge from Amplify. You can look it up.

Then not available for MCPS parents. Good to know.

And this is why DCUM criticism is so stupid. Rather than take six seconds and use Google and learn something, you leave this stupid comment.

Then post the link. A google search goes to the company and they want you to contact sales dept. if you have a link to the actual curriculum why don’t you post it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The original RFP had proposals due in Nov. 2022. https://www.montgomerysch...ce/ela-rfp

Going back to the purpose of the MCCPTA post, for those who support getting rid of Benchmark in favor of a more rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum, please email the BoE and urge them to adopt the Amplify CKLA curriculum at tomorrow's meeting:

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

The original RFP is useless. The entire process was started over and MCPS picked the same no bid vendor they have been using for over 15 years.

What perks have mCPS administrators been receiving from this company over those years?

Who were the other bidders? Name them if you think this has been an open, transparent process.

You seem to have a particular problem that has nothing to do with whether or not the curriculum in question is worthy of replacing Benchmark. If you have a problem with the curriculum state it.

Where is the curriculum posted for review?

Its Core Knowledge from Amplify. You can look it up.

Then not available for MCPS parents. Good to know.

And this is why DCUM criticism is so stupid. Rather than take six seconds and use Google and learn something, you leave this stupid comment.

10:09 DP. MCPS is supposed to work for us. They should be sharing their process, priorities and reasoning, along with whatever data/findings are not sealed as proprietary, for public awareness on things like this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The original RFP had proposals due in Nov. 2022. https://www.montgomerysch...ce/ela-rfp

Going back to the purpose of the MCCPTA post, for those who support getting rid of Benchmark in favor of a more rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum, please email the BoE and urge them to adopt the Amplify CKLA curriculum at tomorrow's meeting:

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

The original RFP is useless. The entire process was started over and MCPS picked the same no bid vendor they have been using for over 15 years.

What perks have mCPS administrators been receiving from this company over those years?

Who were the other bidders? Name them if you think this has been an open, transparent process.

You seem to have a particular problem that has nothing to do with whether or not the curriculum in question is worthy of replacing Benchmark. If you have a problem with the curriculum state it.

Where is the curriculum posted for review?

Its Core Knowledge from Amplify. You can look it up.

Then not available for MCPS parents. Good to know.

And this is why DCUM criticism is so stupid. Rather than take six seconds and use Google and learn something, you leave this stupid comment.

10:09 DP. MCPS is supposed to work for us. They should be sharing their process, priorities and reasoning, along with whatever data/findings are not sealed as proprietary, for public awareness on things like this.

That is why there is a presentation about this at the board meeting tomorrow. Tune in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The original RFP had proposals due in Nov. 2022. https://www.montgomerysch...ce/ela-rfp

Going back to the purpose of the MCCPTA post, for those who support getting rid of Benchmark in favor of a more rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum, please email the BoE and urge them to adopt the Amplify CKLA curriculum at tomorrow's meeting:

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

The original RFP is useless. The entire process was started over and MCPS picked the same no bid vendor they have been using for over 15 years.

What perks have mCPS administrators been receiving from this company over those years?

Who were the other bidders? Name them if you think this has been an open, transparent process.

You seem to have a particular problem that has nothing to do with whether or not the curriculum in question is worthy of replacing Benchmark. If you have a problem with the curriculum state it.

Where is the curriculum posted for review?

Its Core Knowledge from Amplify. You can look it up.

Then not available for MCPS parents. Good to know.

And this is why DCUM criticism is so stupid. Rather than take six seconds and use Google and learn something, you leave this stupid comment.

10:09 DP. MCPS is supposed to work for us. They should be sharing their process, priorities and reasoning, along with whatever data/findings are not sealed as proprietary, for public awareness on things like this.

That is why there is a presentation about this at the board meeting tomorrow. Tune in.

☝️. And if that taxes you to much, refer to the BOE doc linked in the first post.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The original RFP had proposals due in Nov. 2022. https://www.montgomerysch...ce/ela-rfp

Going back to the purpose of the MCCPTA post, for those who support getting rid of Benchmark in favor of a more rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum, please email the BoE and urge them to adopt the Amplify CKLA curriculum at tomorrow's meeting:

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

The original RFP is useless. The entire process was started over and MCPS picked the same no bid vendor they have been using for over 15 years.

What perks have mCPS administrators been receiving from this company over those years?

Who were the other bidders? Name them if you think this has been an open, transparent process.

You seem to have a particular problem that has nothing to do with whether or not the curriculum in question is worthy of replacing Benchmark. If you have a problem with the curriculum state it.

Where is the curriculum posted for review?

Its Core Knowledge from Amplify. You can look it up.

Then not available for MCPS parents. Good to know.

And this is why DCUM criticism is so stupid. Rather than take six seconds and use Google and learn something, you leave this stupid comment.

10:09 DP. MCPS is supposed to work for us. They should be sharing their process, priorities and reasoning, along with whatever data/findings are not sealed as proprietary, for public awareness on things like this.

That is why there is a presentation about this at the board meeting tomorrow. Tune in.

☝️. And if that taxes you to much, refer to the BOE doc linked in the first post.

Conclusion: No curriculum for parents to review.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The original RFP had proposals due in Nov. 2022. https://www.montgomerysch...ce/ela-rfp

Going back to the purpose of the MCCPTA post, for those who support getting rid of Benchmark in favor of a more rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum, please email the BoE and urge them to adopt the Amplify CKLA curriculum at tomorrow's meeting:

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

The original RFP is useless. The entire process was started over and MCPS picked the same no bid vendor they have been using for over 15 years.

What perks have mCPS administrators been receiving from this company over those years?

Who were the other bidders? Name them if you think this has been an open, transparent process.

You seem to have a particular problem that has nothing to do with whether or not the curriculum in question is worthy of replacing Benchmark. If you have a problem with the curriculum state it.

Where is the curriculum posted for review?

Its Core Knowledge from Amplify. You can look it up.

Then not available for MCPS parents. Good to know.

And this is why DCUM criticism is so stupid. Rather than take six seconds and use Google and learn something, you leave this stupid comment.

10:09 DP. MCPS is supposed to work for us. They should be sharing their process, priorities and reasoning, along with whatever data/findings are not sealed as proprietary, for public awareness on things like this.

That is why there is a presentation about this at the board meeting tomorrow. Tune in.

☝️. And if that taxes you to much, refer to the BOE doc linked in the first post.

Conclusion: No curriculum for parents to review.