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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Too man parents complained and pushed their kids into CM. This is what you get.

My 17 yr old was in CM, first class to go into the CM program. When DC was in it, the entrance criteria was high. Only a handful of kids got in.

By the time DC#2 got to CM, they relaxed the criteria, by a lot.  It went from maybe 6 to 10 kids per grade to more like 2/3 of the grade.  I volunteered once for CM class, and I could clearly see that some of those kids really didn't belong there. They could barely do their times table.

During parent-teacher conference I asked the teacher if they thought DC#2 should be in CM or not because DC seemed to be struggling a bit at times. Teacher said it's fine,  plus if they bumped DC down to "regular" class, DC would have no peer group because that group now was for the really slow track. There was nothing in between slow and advanced.  Really dumb move on MCPS part, but they capitulated to aggressive parents.

Both DCs are in advanced math track still.  But, it's clear DC#1 is much stronger in math (800 on SAT, 5 AP Calc), whereas DC#2 doing well got As in math, but I know this DC won't get 800 on SAT or 5 in AP calc.

They really  need an "in between" group .[/quote]

Similar situation  for us, DC#1 800 SAT and scored 5 in AP calc, DC #2 in 8 th grade has been struggling since 6th grade, we are trying to figure out what to do next year in HS [/quote]

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