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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Too man parents complained and pushed their kids into CM. This is what you get.

My 17 yr old was in CM, first class to go into the CM program. When DC was in it, the entrance criteria was high. Only a handful of kids got in.

By the time DC#2 got to CM, they relaxed the criteria, by a lot.  It went from maybe 6 to 10 kids per grade to more like 2/3 of the grade.  I volunteered once for CM class, and I could clearly see that some of those kids really didn't belong there. They could barely do their times table.

During parent-teacher conference I asked the teacher if they thought DC#2 should be in CM or not because DC seemed to be struggling a bit at times. Teacher said it's fine,  plus if they bumped DC down to "regular" class, DC would have no peer group because that group now was for the really slow track. There was nothing in between slow and advanced.  Really dumb move on MCPS part, but they capitulated to aggressive parents.

Both DCs are in advanced math track still.  But, it's clear DC#1 is much stronger in math (800 on SAT, 5 AP Calc), whereas DC#2 doing well got As in math, but I know this DC won't get 800 on SAT or 5 in AP calc.

They really  need an "in between" group .[/quote]

Similar experience except they didn't call it compacted math when my kids were in elementary. They just called it Math 4/5 or Math 5/6. In the case for both kids, they ended up slowing down their math track in middle school because they missed a lot with the accelerated math in elementary. CM should only really be for the very high flyers. [/quote]
PP here.. agreed.

I have told DC#2 to keep their options open for when they hit 10th grade. There is the option to slow down the math track such that they take AP calc in 12th rather than 11th.  This DC is not interested in STEM so it doesn't make sense to take such advanced math classes in HS and struggle.  DC#1 is not only interested in STEM but breezing through MVC; barely studies, always the first to finish the tests, and gets straight As. This is the type of person advanced math track is really for.[/quote]

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