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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mathnasium has a strong financial incentive to tell you that your kid is behind at the beginning and then, after months of classes there, they will probably proudly announce that she is fixed, thanks to them!

I wouldn’t assume that the teacher is hiding something and mathnasium is the objective arbiter here.  [/quote]

+1  exactly. I wouldn’t trust their “expertise”

Your daughter is fine.  Please I do hope you aren’t putting undue pressure on her- then she will absolutely learn to hate the subject. [b]She will receive plenty of math support if needed in middle and high.[/b] [/quote]

I'm the OP and this mindset, which seems to mirror the status quo among MCPS staff and leadership, is dangerous.

Evidence shows that putting off fixing math deficiencies only compounds the problems, which is precisely why black and brown children underperform in middle and high school compared to their white and Asian counterparts. Getting the fundamentals right and early in elementary is a critical building block to math success in middle and high school. [/quote]

Elementary school is the foundation, if these problems are not caught and worked on in Elementary it will is very difficult for the kids to catch up in higher grades. especially in Maths. Its very important to help kids get the basics of maths clear in elementary schools. I have seen that MCPS is not correcting the small mistakes kids make in their tests. When kids are corrected at early stage, they are more likely to do better in higher grades and enjoy school life and get a professional degrees. 
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