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[quote=Anonymous][quote][b]The flaw to that arguement is that MCPS had lots of math acceleration and they were not successful with it[/b]. That is why there is a backlash now. The majority of kids (2/3s's) in my socs ES were 2 year ahead in math (heading for 7th grade algebra). The MS and HS teacher were forced to water down their classes to accomodate these advanced students who were accelerated right past the basic skills. Depsite the fact that we all think our kids need acceleration and are bored. Learning basic facts can be boring. For the few kids who are truely ready..doesn't seem like MCPS has the reasources to run a class for only a few kids...and that is a shame.[/quote]

Hogwash.  The flaw has nothing to do with advancing able and willing students who have mastered the subject material.  The flaw was with the teaching and the mandate that less than able, capable and willing students were accelerated.

Acceleration was not the flaw.  The flaw was the watered down curriculum and moving some kids ahead who were not ready because of pressure to accelerate 40% of students by mandate or policy (yet another blunder).  I'm sure at least a quarter of the 40 percent were ready to move forward and have not suffered any ill effects from acceleration.
Either the 40 % mandate was stupid policy, MCPS teachers of mathematics are incompetent and can't make accurate assessments about mastery, or both.  [/quote]

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