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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]But think of all the parents here who are quite sure their children need acceleration. That is part of what leads to the push for acceleration for all. [/quote]

Another hogwash irrelevant argument.  I'm sure every parent wants their child to graduate Phi Beta Kappa or become Michael Phelps?  Nothing wrong with this.  But, what educational expert uses this pressure to water down requirements and fill the Phi Beta Kappa and Olympic teams with individuals who don't make the cut?

If competent teachers can't make valid assessments of their students based on their contact, teaching, and  assessments (both outside and inside--dependent and independent) of the knowledge base we certainly do have a problem.

The problem is not the kids or parents.  It's with MCPS.  They have a problem if they do not have an evaluative  process to adjudicate the demands of parents and students.  Simply waving their hands and banning all advancement because of their incompetence and laziness will not suffice.  Get a process for evaluating the math ability of kids.  Has MCPS heard of an examination or test (oral and/or wriitten) that can evaluate this competence to help make this decision?  This might make a up an important component of whether a kid is ready or not?  In my experience MCPS avoids this approach in favor of stalling and will delay, delay until parents get up in arms.  It seems OK to give the kids MSA tests but they don't have an assessment in Algebra, Geometry, Prealgebra, etc to help assess where kids are at the start of the year to help determine which kids may benefit from moving forward rather than repeating material already mastered.  Amazing.[/quote]

All I have to say is if you think assessing performance/potential is bad in school it has nothing on the work place.  Its all a fashion show...[/quote]

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