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[quote=Anonymous]MCPS used to allow kids to accelerate. If a student proved competency on a set of skills they were allowed to move on. This was handled by providing different levels of math classes. A 3rd grader could be in 5th grade math if they could do the work.

Curriculum 2.0 changed several things. It stopped acceleration and children are only allowed to learn what is now in each grade level's section. If a child already knows it they *may* get enrichment work which is just more busy work. MCPS claims that it is deeper but its not. 2.0 also includes much more repetition. We've seen this with our youngest child. They introduce and reintroduce the same things year after year adding only a little more. The degree of repetition is terrible. Grading varies by school. Our principal regularly uses math as example where no student can get an ES. She's made this statement publicly at several parent events.

My older child received a far better education than my younger has had which makes me pretty upset about this change.

Its interesting that at our school they have not changed reading groups. Kid's are still allowed to read at the highest level that they can achieve and break up into groups. There is a significant reduction in homework and we see very little writing work come home compared to what our older child experienced. My kid has had a very easy year but her writing has not improved much in my opinion despite her higher reading/writing level. [/quote]

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