Does mcps ever offer any math acceleration for kindergarten-3rd grade kids who are super advanced

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Supposedly my third grader is at 50% for an 11th grader but I highly doubt he could do pre-Calculus which would in theory be 11th grade math here.

What test shows this?

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Supposedly my third grader is at 50% for an 11th grader but I highly doubt he could do pre-Calculus which would in theory be 11th grade math here.

What test shows this?

MAP-M. Google the RIT score percentages

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Anonymous wrote:My DC (first grader) is in an accelerated math class--his math teacher is the school's math specialist. We're at a Title I school.

+1 same with my first grader also at a Title 1 school.

Because it is title 1. Your accelerated class is a normal schools basic

What is that assertion based on?

They are title 1 because the needs and test scores are so low. This is called common sense.

This is true. How many kids read on or above grade level in a Title One school v. non-Title One?

Obviously the test scores are generally higher at non-Title I schools...

...but it seems to me that you're implying that high achieving students at Title I schools do not exist. That is so far from the truth.

No one said there weren't some high achieving students at these schools. They are saying they don't have classes specifically for advanced kids. If the kids that are above grade level in Title 1 are getting "enrichments" compared to their other classmates, it is no different than what the highest math group in a non Title 1 school is giving. It just isn't called enrichments. No MCPS school cares above the top 1/4 of kids. Their job is to bring up the rear. And the rear has been dropping lower and lower every year. Maybe a Title 1 teacher has a little more time because ratios are lower but his/her main focus is to get the kids at the lowest up to baseline. That is why the school gets the extra funding. The district doesn't give two craps about the higher achieving kids in those schools UNLESS the bottoms are moving up at a better speed. Because the #1 and only goal is to close the achievement gap. Why do you think they got rid of lower ES acceleration to begin with? To close the gap. The fact that some of you think MCPS actually cares about gifted kids in K-3 is hilarious.

Completely on point.

Agree. MCPS is about teaching to the bottom, not teaching to potential. They figure you all will hire tutors, spend time on extra stuff, etc. while continuing to pay your high taxes which mainly fund a sanctuary city and school system.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing - Zilch - Nada

2nd grader JUST learned freaking coins and adding them to $1.00. She did that in preschool when they had pretend stores with play money for a week. That is how slow they are going.

Thank all the illegals in our county that are barely scraping by not even knowing English. They have dumbed down the elementary education.

My older daughter who is a sophomore? She was in tracked math classes. Moved to Math 2 in 1st and was in Math 7 by 5th. Took Algebra 1 in 6th and is currently in AP Calc as a sophomore. I will be lucky if my youngest is in Algebra 2 by sophomore year at this rate.

And you'd be doubly lucky if your child doesn't learn your racism.

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Agree. MCPS is about teaching to the bottom, not teaching to potential. They figure you all will hire tutors, spend time on extra stuff, etc. while continuing to pay your high taxes which mainly fund a sanctuary city and school system.

My children's MCPS education has challenged them in many ways. I'm sorry if your child(ren)'s hasn't.

By the way, the law requires MCPS to accept all children who live in Montgomery County, regardless of immigration/citizenship status. Also, most of the students you consider "illegals" are US citizens for the same reason that I'm a US citizen -- they were born in the US. And nobody has yet explained to me how we as a society would be better off if undocumented children who live in our society were excluded from schooling.