Math cluster letter

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone with a rising 5th grader currently in compacted math get a letter noting their student will return to grade level math next year?

I got a letter saying my rising 5th grader will be in Math 5/6, but there was also an option to check for returning to Math 5. Maybe this happens every year when they evaluate which math class students should take next year after current year performance?

They don't want to push your child into 5/6 if you think they have struggled. Otherwise, they are placing all the 4/5 kids in 5/6 for this coming year only so that they close out the sequence, transitioning to the in-class cluster model for future years (and beginning with this year's rising 4th graders). Unless they have some clear documentation of struggle, themselves, in which case they should be reaching out to you to discuss that possibly unexpected placement decision.

I’ve heard some schools are pushing more kids down to the slower track. It seems so inconsistent across the district

I mean, if they actually can get enrichment right (which is a *huge* if), they absolutely *should* be shrinking the number of accelerated kids. Some schools have way, way too many kids in compacted. I heard someone say that there's a school with like half of the kids in compacted math, which is nuts. If some schools have been selecting a narrow group and some schools have been selecting a really broad group, then yeah, there's going to be differences throughout the district on how many get bumped down.

Ours had 65-70% of the 5th grade class in compacted math this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone with a rising 5th grader currently in compacted math get a letter noting their student will return to grade level math next year?

I don’t have a rising 5th grader, but have heard of others in our school who received such a letter.

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone with a rising 5th grader currently in compacted math get a letter noting their student will return to grade level math next year?

I got a letter saying my rising 5th grader will be in Math 5/6, but there was also an option to check for returning to Math 5. Maybe this happens every year when they evaluate which math class students should take next year after current year performance?

They don't want to push your child into 5/6 if you think they have struggled. Otherwise, they are placing all the 4/5 kids in 5/6 for this coming year only so that they close out the sequence, transitioning to the in-class cluster model for future years (and beginning with this year's rising 4th graders). Unless they have some clear documentation of struggle, themselves, in which case they should be reaching out to you to discuss that possibly unexpected placement decision.

I’ve heard some schools are pushing more kids down to the slower track. It seems so inconsistent across the district

I mean, if they actually can get enrichment right (which is a *huge* if), they absolutely *should* be shrinking the number of accelerated kids. Some schools have way, way too many kids in compacted. I heard someone say that there's a school with like half of the kids in compacted math, which is nuts. If some schools have been selecting a narrow group and some schools have been selecting a really broad group, then yeah, there's going to be differences throughout the district on how many get bumped down.

Ours had 65-70% of the 5th grade class in compacted math this year.

That is bonkers. It's schools like that (and presumably parents at these schools who pester the staff to put their perfectly average child into compacted math) that ruin these things for the kids who actually need it.

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Wyngate Elementary - my kid was in compacted math 4 grade. 33 kids in the class. We were promised by the principal to finish garde 6 math next year.
I think there were 2 other classes with on grade level instruction with approx 22-23 kids in each class. I have not received any letter re: next year math class. My kid is in 99th % MAP. I assume he stays in the cohort? I am providing as much outside enrichment as possible. Not because I can afford but because I am very disappointed with MCPS.

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Truly academically advanced students are clearly NOT a priority for MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone with a rising 5th grader currently in compacted math get a letter noting their student will return to grade level math next year?

I got a letter saying my rising 5th grader will be in Math 5/6, but there was also an option to check for returning to Math 5. Maybe this happens every year when they evaluate which math class students should take next year after current year performance?

They don't want to push your child into 5/6 if you think they have struggled. Otherwise, they are placing all the 4/5 kids in 5/6 for this coming year only so that they close out the sequence, transitioning to the in-class cluster model for future years (and beginning with this year's rising 4th graders). Unless they have some clear documentation of struggle, themselves, in which case they should be reaching out to you to discuss that possibly unexpected placement decision.

I’ve heard some schools are pushing more kids down to the slower track. It seems so inconsistent across the district

I mean, if they actually can get enrichment right (which is a *huge* if), they absolutely *should* be shrinking the number of accelerated kids. Some schools have way, way too many kids in compacted. I heard someone say that there's a school with like half of the kids in compacted math, which is nuts. If some schools have been selecting a narrow group and some schools have been selecting a really broad group, then yeah, there's going to be differences throughout the district on how many get bumped down.

Ours had 65-70% of the 5th grade class in compacted math this year.

That is bonkers. It's schools like that (and presumably parents at these schools who pester the staff to put their perfectly average child into compacted math) that ruin these things for the kids who actually need it.

The middle school posts 85% proficient in Geometry so the elementary school seems to have a pretty good picker.