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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 4th grade daughter is in compacted math, in previous years she had "enrichment" or "acceleration" or whatever, which meant she received an additional math sheet once a week.

I also have a high schooler who has been through the fast math track, and want to insert a warning to parents with younger children: the advanced math track in high school goes FAST, and there is so much material to cover that a lot of previously successful students struggle mightily. My son is in that category. Food for thought...
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+1 I don’t this MCPS is good at letting parents/students know this. For some kids, perhaps not such a big deal, but you really don’t know in many cases until you get there if your kid will have trouble or not as the prior math classes are much easier and move more slowly. [/quote]

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The current pathway for kids who have Compacted Math in 4th and 5th is:
6th--IM (which is Pre-Algebra)
7th--Algebra I
8th--Geometry
9th--Algebra II
10th--Pre-Calculus
11th--Calculus
and then MD requires you to still take another year of math in 12th.

If I had to do it over again, I'd be fine with my kid slowing down and taking Calculus in 12th.

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For those in elementary schools that are implementing the new math curriculum starting this 2019-2020 academic year, do you know how this pathway will change?  I see above that the compacted math will no longer exist, but does that mean that all kids (grade 5, for example) will be in the same level of math, without differentiation or enrichment?  (In the current scheme, the 5th grade compacted math would do all of 5th grade math with half of 6th).  thanks.[/quote]

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