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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Still the best public school system in the nation and significantly stronger than top area privates in STEM[/quote]

Not even close on either statement.  But they pay you to write garbage. Well done![/quote]
DP
No private school in the area can even come close to MCPS when it comes to STEM. That's a fact.
MCPS is still the best large school system in the nation.[/quote]

[b]Data from MCPS shows dramatic drops in elementary school students’ math and English test scores[/b].

Literacy readiness dropped 35% for second graders from the 2018-2019 to 2020-2021 schools years, the data shows. Math readiness for fifth graders was down 25%.

Literacy was down for Black second graders by 38%. Hispanic second graders had a 46% drop. [/quote]
Actually no. They are surpassing benchmark for literacy and are closing in on the math benchmark.  They are catching up on the pandemic loss.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/09/23/montomgery-county-student-test-scores/[/quote]
From WTOP, in case one cannot read it from the post. This report has been out since September but never discussed here because it doesn't fit DCUM narrative.
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2022/09/montgomery-co-schools-exceed-literacy-expectations-but-miss-target-for-math/[/quote]

So, is there data showing that scores have improved since September?  What is your point? [/quote]
DP.. the point is that math instruction isn't up to par, probably because they don't give out enough HW for the kids to review. Math requires practice.  They have about 30min in class to learn the material *and* do the classwork.  That's not enough time.  They need more math HW. Even 20min most days would help.  Reading also requires practice, but kids get that practice in other classes like social studies/history, even science. They aren't getting enough math practice.

[quote]Academic data presented Thursday to the county’s board of education showed that roughly 72% of students met literacy standards, exceeding Montgomery County Public Schools’ target of 66%.

But for math, 61% of students met the county’s math standards, just short of its goal of 64%.[/quote][/quote]

30 mins???  What school is this?  Math and ELA are the largest blocks within the school day at the elementary level. They take up huge amounts of time.  Social Studies and Science get like one day a week(sadly) and then usually during certain intervals.[/quote]

Do you have kids in MCPS?  MCPS does not allow for differentiation in ES in the name of Equity.  So, each teacher has about 4-5 Math groups and 4-5 Language Arts groups in their classroom of 26 kids.

The teacher can only really spend about 10 minutes with each group.  Your kid is lucky if he/she gets 30 minutes of direct Math instruction from his/her teacher.

Most of the time is spent on ‘independent work’ or random Math apps online.

Agree that the lack of Social Studies and Science in ES is sad.  MCPS pretty much ignores Science in ES.[/quote]

This was our experience.[/quote]

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