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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved to Westland MS area in summer 2021 from abroad. Kids went to 4th, 6th and 7th grade. In MS, MCPS tracks students in Math and History. Since neither of our two middle-schoolers had been in MCPS for 5th grade, they were not identified as gifted and were thus placed in on-level courses. In their case, that meant Math 6+ for the 6th grader and IM for the 7th grader, and World Studies 6 and 7. Our oldest, in particular, scores very high in Math, so we groused about the initial assignment but decided to give it a few weeks.

Well, within three or four weeks, we received an email from his teacher that he would be placed in HIGH (the more advanced history course) based on his MAP-R score. At the same time, we requested that he be moved to Algebra I, and the school did so readily (both MAP-R and MAP-M scores were >95%). He's been a straight-A student since. Our 6th grader scores in the mid-80s on the MAP tests and he was moved to HIGH in the middle of 6th grade.

Both like their teachers and their friends, and don't report many problems with other kids. We had been dreading middle school but have been pleasantly surprised.

Elementary school (Westbrook ES) has been a different story. They placed our 4th grader in on-level math and he was miserable all last year because he was so bored. We requested multiple times that he be moved to compacted math and were told that the class is full. By the end of 4th grade, he was scoring >95% on MAP-M and it was clear that he is in the "wrong" math class. In 5th grade, he was finally moved to Compacted Math 5/6. He's much more engaged in math now, still bored in other classes. He has extracurriculars that he finds interesting and engaging, and he's otherwise a happy kid. [/quote]

OP, in case you’re wondering what the parent community at Westland is like, this response is a good indicator. [/quote]

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