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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately, those accommodations are prohibited under 2.0.  That is the whole point.  If she had been the exact same student a couple of years ago (i.e., pre-2.0), that type of accommodation would be easy to accomplish.  Now, the exact same student is prohibited from getting the accommodation.  THAT is keeping kids down under this new curriculum.[/quote]

Yes, these accommodations are now banished at our MCPS elementary.  Probably 7-10 kids a year were taking 3 years above grade level math.  Now they can't.  Holding the top down is a convenient way to cause any top/bottom gaps to get smaller.  It's good that the Algebra in 7th grade pathway has been reinstated, but it's not enough.  [/quote]

There are 7-10 math prodigies per year at your MCPS elementary school? Wow.

Speaking of math, "holding the top down is a convenient way to cause any top/bottom gaps to get smaller" is true only if you make some pretty major assumptions. Such as:

1. There are enough math prodigies (whoops, high achievers) in the white and Asian demographic groups to have a meaningful effect on those groups' math scores.
2. The number of high achievers in the black and Asian demographic groups is too small to make a difference on those groups' math scores.
3. Kids who don't get to take above-grade-level math score worse on math tests for grade-level math.l
4. Nobody will notice if the math scores for the white and Asian demographic groups go down.[/quote]

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