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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The guidance that came out today said students needed to have scored in the 90th percentile on MAP-M in the fall or winter, earned A's on their report cards and scored at a level 4 or 5 on their required Eureka assessments over the course of the year.  This is going to weed a lot of kids out of moving on to 5/6.  [/quote]
This does not seem onerous. It actually sounds like a continuation of the current/previous policy.

A whole thread of nonsense. [/quote]

No, it’s not. My 4th grader has never been in the 90th percentile on the MAP M. They’ve scored b/w 60 - 88 over the course of testing but got As this year and was challenged but not burdened by the pace of compacted 4/5. This means that he won’t continue in compacted math. [/quote]
And perhaps he shouldn't continue compacted math. It's not the right path for every kid. [/quote]

He earned As every single quarter. Why from a research and data-grounded educational perspective is this not the right path? [/quote]
Grade inflation is rampant in MCPS. The testing is more neutral. Think about the math he'll have to take in HS - where he'll have to take it every single year. [/quote]

Are you suggesting my kid didn’t earn/deserve the A’s? The good thing about math is you either get the answer or you don’t. Nice try.

Also, kids take MAP tests every year. What’s your point about “every single year”?[/quote]

You don’t think it’s weird that your kid can get straight As at his school but when he takes a test that compares him to a much broader pool he can’t crack the 90th percentile? Of course he’s benefiting from grade inflation at his school. [/quote]

Yes, of course it’s weird. Particularly in a subject like math where even the terms for partial credit are binary. You either get the right answer or you don’t. So yes, it’s weird and what it means is simply there are kids who are prepped to score well behind the 4th / 5th benchmarks who game the system. And, gosh, where do most of these children live?[/quote]

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