Math recovery plan released

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are links posted by OP that list which content was skipped. The lists were made by MCPS. But posters keep insisting that their schools taught everything. How did they teach it if math was taught only twice a week instead of four times a week this year? They either skipped content or did not teach it in depth. But I guess people want to believe that virtual year is equivalent to a normal year.

It's an advanced class where 3 years of material is taught in 2. They went at fast pace but my kid at least managed to axe the assessments so it was in depth enough

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are links posted by OP that list which content was skipped. The lists were made by MCPS. But posters keep insisting that their schools taught everything. How did they teach it if math was taught only twice a week instead of four times a week this year? They either skipped content or did not teach it in depth. But I guess people want to believe that virtual year is equivalent to a normal year.

We have compacted math everyday for 1+ hours with the possible exception of Wednesday.

With the definitely exception of Wednesday. Schools are not allowed to teach any new content on Wednesdays. So that’s 20% of the year missing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are links posted by OP that list which content was skipped. The lists were made by MCPS. But posters keep insisting that their schools taught everything. How did they teach it if math was taught only twice a week instead of four times a week this year? They either skipped content or did not teach it in depth. But I guess people want to believe that virtual year is equivalent to a normal year.

It's an advanced class where 3 years of material is taught in 2. They went at fast pace but my kid at least managed to axe the assessments so it was in depth enough

The rule this year was to assign 50% even for work missed so the bar was set pretty low. Algebra I met for 2 hours a week. the skipped at least 4 chapters : quadratics and only learned elimination through subtraction and substitution. Basically these kids are going to Geometry next year, and in 2 years when they get to Algebra 2 they need to figure out how to incorporate missed content. All you posters who keep on going about how everything was taught in compacted math, compacted math is EASY they are just going fast. Wait till your kids get to Algebra that’s when it becomes clear who is good and who is not.

[Anonymous]

The recovery plan only goes up to Precalculus. What about the students who took Calculus or higher? What about the Seniors that just graduated?

MCPS failed all students this year simply by not teaching the curriculum in all math classes. There’s no way for all students to recover what was lost this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The recovery plan only goes up to Precalculus. What about the students who took Calculus or higher? What about the Seniors that just graduated?

MCPS failed all students this year simply by not teaching the curriculum in all math classes. There’s no way for all students to recover what was lost this year.

No they didn't. My kids teachers covered everything. Some kids parents however dropped the ball

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The recovery plan only goes up to Precalculus. What about the students who took Calculus or higher? What about the Seniors that just graduated?

MCPS failed all students this year simply by not teaching the curriculum in all math classes. There’s no way for all students to recover what was lost this year.

No they didn't. My kids teachers covered everything. Some kids parents however dropped the ball

Mentioning a topic may be "covering" it. It's not the same as spending time on it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those scheduled to take Algebra 1 next year, the document states:
"When considering students for Algebra 1, previous MCAP performance is a critical data point. Students not consistently earning a 3 or higher on prior MCAP assessments are likely to need Bridge Projects when taking Algebra 1 in Middle School. This pathway is tenuous given the number of 8th grade MCAP failures in normal years."

When did students take the MCAP most recently, and where can we find those scores?

+1 anyone?

Two years ago -- spring of 2019. Only grades 3 and up took it. Scores were mailed home, so you'll have to check your own records or contact your school to ask.

You can look at mcap/parcc scores by county and school at this site

https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov

The MCAP replaced the PARCC in 2019, I don't think kids took anything in 2020, so, there was only 1 year of MCAP testing, but you should be able to see previous PARCC testing scores.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The recovery plan only goes up to Precalculus. What about the students who took Calculus or higher? What about the Seniors that just graduated?

MCPS failed all students this year simply by not teaching the curriculum in all math classes. There’s no way for all students to recover what was lost this year.

No they didn't. My kids teachers covered everything. Some kids parents however dropped the ball

Mentioning a topic may be "covering" it. It's not the same as spending time on it.

They covered it enough that DC was able to get a perfect score on the grade 6 module 6 assessment so I'd say that was covered, but if it makes you feel better to make up excuses be my guest.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those scheduled to take Algebra 1 next year, the document states:
"When considering students for Algebra 1, previous MCAP performance is a critical data point. Students not consistently earning a 3 or higher on prior MCAP assessments are likely to need Bridge Projects when taking Algebra 1 in Middle School. This pathway is tenuous given the number of 8th grade MCAP failures in normal years."

When did students take the MCAP most recently, and where can we find those scores?

+1 anyone?

Two years ago -- spring of 2019. Only grades 3 and up took it. Scores were mailed home, so you'll have to check your own records or contact your school to ask.

You can look at mcap/parcc scores by county and school at this site

https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov

The MCAP replaced the PARCC in 2019, I don't think kids took anything in 2020, so, there was only 1 year of MCAP testing, but you should be able to see previous PARCC testing scores.

There's no data for 2020 or 2021 so not really useful in making the case that math was neglected or not. If I were to guess, people are blowing this out of proportion. The switch to Eureka had more of an impact than the pandemic for kids that showed up and made the effort.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The recovery plan only goes up to Precalculus. What about the students who took Calculus or higher? What about the Seniors that just graduated?

MCPS failed all students this year simply by not teaching the curriculum in all math classes. There’s no way for all students to recover what was lost this year.

No they didn't. My kids teachers covered everything. Some kids parents however dropped the ball

Mentioning a topic may be "covering" it. It's not the same as spending time on it.

They covered it enough that DC was able to get a perfect score on the grade 6 module 6 assessment so I'd say that was covered, but if it makes you feel better to make up excuses be my guest.

That is amazing! On the last page you said that your class was going Module 6 this week and now they’re already done and tested a week early! On top of that, your child aced a test that doesn’t exist as the county only created tests for Modules 1-4. Please tell us this school!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The recovery plan only goes up to Precalculus. What about the students who took Calculus or higher? What about the Seniors that just graduated?

MCPS failed all students this year simply by not teaching the curriculum in all math classes. There’s no way for all students to recover what was lost this year.

No they didn't. My kids teachers covered everything. Some kids parents however dropped the ball

Mentioning a topic may be "covering" it. It's not the same as spending time on it.

They covered it enough that DC was able to get a perfect score on the grade 6 module 6 assessment so I'd say that was covered, but if it makes you feel better to make up excuses be my guest.

That is amazing! On the last page you said that your class was going Module 6 this week and now they’re already done and tested a week early! On top of that, your child aced a test that doesn’t exist as the county only created tests for Modules 1-4. Please tell us this school!

I'm guessing there's more than one school that finished the material. Not all students and teachers checked out just a few.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The recovery plan only goes up to Precalculus. What about the students who took Calculus or higher? What about the Seniors that just graduated?

MCPS failed all students this year simply by not teaching the curriculum in all math classes. There’s no way for all students to recover what was lost this year.

No they didn't. My kids teachers covered everything. Some kids parents however dropped the ball

Mentioning a topic may be "covering" it. It's not the same as spending time on it.

They covered it enough that DC was able to get a perfect score on the grade 6 module 6 assessment so I'd say that was covered, but if it makes you feel better to make up excuses be my guest.

That is amazing! On the last page you said that your class was going Module 6 this week and now they’re already done and tested a week early! On top of that, your child aced a test that doesn’t exist as the county only created tests for Modules 1-4. Please tell us this school!

I'm guessing there's more than one school that finished the material. Not all students and teachers checked out just a few.

Our school also wrapped up module 6 last week. I don't really think it's a big deal or why this bothers some people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The recovery plan only goes up to Precalculus. What about the students who took Calculus or higher? What about the Seniors that just graduated?

MCPS failed all students this year simply by not teaching the curriculum in all math classes. There’s no way for all students to recover what was lost this year.

No they didn't. My kids teachers covered everything. Some kids parents however dropped the ball

Mentioning a topic may be "covering" it. It's not the same as spending time on it.

They covered it enough that DC was able to get a perfect score on the grade 6 module 6 assessment so I'd say that was covered, but if it makes you feel better to make up excuses be my guest.

That is amazing! On the last page you said that your class was going Module 6 this week and now they’re already done and tested a week early! On top of that, your child aced a test that doesn’t exist as the county only created tests for Modules 1-4. Please tell us this school!

I'm guessing there's more than one school that finished the material. Not all students and teachers checked out just a few.

Ours too, but some parents are still very bitter over schools shutting down during the pandemic. They resented spending time with their kids and are looking for every opportunity to complain. This past year was hard but honestly the switch to Eureka which has no equivalent for compacted was more of an issue than anything.

Our school also wrapped up module 6 last week. I don't really think it's a big deal or why this bothers some people.

[Anonymous]

Ours too, but some parents are still very bitter over schools shutting down during the pandemic. They resented spending time with their kids and are looking for every opportunity to complain. This past year was hard but honestly the switch to Eureka which has no equivalent for compacted was more of an issue than anything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The recovery plan only goes up to Precalculus. What about the students who took Calculus or higher? What about the Seniors that just graduated?

MCPS failed all students this year simply by not teaching the curriculum in all math classes. There’s no way for all students to recover what was lost this year.

No they didn't. My kids teachers covered everything. Some kids parents however dropped the ball

Mentioning a topic may be "covering" it. It's not the same as spending time on it.

They covered it enough that DC was able to get a perfect score on the grade 6 module 6 assessment so I'd say that was covered, but if it makes you feel better to make up excuses be my guest.

The thread you are responding to is about Calculus. A much harder subject for parents to teach their kid than Grade 6 math that our kids were doing in Elementary school. There was not enough time built into the school schedule for AP classes to be adequately taught. There’s also no recovery plan for sophomores and juniors who took Calculus this year. Many seniors are SOL and probably will need to retake Calculus in college.

However, I guess that doesn’t matter much because your child did well with simple Grade 6 math that any parent can teach to make up for the lack of effort by MCPS.