You need to supplement. Those are not high scores so it makes sense. |
How do you know you have to supplement when your kid gets straight As (and high As at that) and rave reviews from the teacher?!? Once the test is done it’s too late. I’m annoyed that parents were not advised that sections would be skipped and now kids are essentially penalized for it. Frustrating. |
That is so crappy. They should not do what they’re doing halfway through the compacted math program, and on top of that with no advance notice. And if a kid is doing well in 4/5, they can do well in 5/6. If anything, they should offer math programming over the summer to make up for the sections that were not taught to the kids. I just think to penalize kids for not doing as well on sections of a test that covers concepts they have not yet been taught is so unfair. |
I agree. I’m very annoyed they didn’t let families know in advance about this. |
Yup. I think I even asked at some point -- what are the topics they are skipping and can you give us the analogs in the Khan Academy curriculum so we can do it over the summer. If we'd been told that they would be tested on it in the spring, and expected to know it, we could have done that catch-up over the spring semester. (Still stupid, but whatever.) |
Exactly. Because it’s not that the material is too hard, it’s just that most kids didn’t get a chance to learn it. |
The problem seemed to be that they hadn't adapted Eureka 4, 5, and 6 to the compacted format so I'd say that the problem was the opposiite. |
I’d recommend scheduling in advance a conference with your child’s teacher for Tuesday afternoon. This craps leads to such distrust by parents of the district. |
Most kids who go forward in math have parents who supplement, hire tutors, etc. regardless of COVID as MCPS math is painfully slow. We always used workbooks. |
That should not be required. They should teach what is required for kids to move on in the program, and announce performance standards for moving on in advance. |
+1. And if that is required to advance, parents should be alerted. I’m the PP whose child was getting high As on tests and assignments in class. DC works hard and I’d have added more content if I’d known that the grades really didn’t reflect the trajectory. I wouldn’t necessarily know what to supplement. Workbooks only work if they are focused. |
How do you know? You know MCPS curriculum is always an issue so regardless of any A, you supplement. My kid always had A's and high map scores. They said early on it was going to be a watered down curriculum. But, regardless of covid many of us supplemented. We did all of ES and will continue in math through middle school. |
Its not required. They do teach. But, if you want higher MAP scores you need to supplement as working ahead is how you get them. |
DC's MAP-R went through the roof after I made them study the dictionary! |
That’s insane. MAP scores don’t mean anything, after CES and compacted math decisions are made. Why do you even pay attention to them? The school doesn’t. |