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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Starting a year letter would have made sense in retrospect, but there are limited off ramps once you start in that 2 years accelerated compacted math track. One of them is going from honors to on level at algebra 2 or pre calculus. What made sense for my kid in 4th grade was not the same as what made sense in 10th.. [/quote]

Slowing down is not going to help, either. The kids need more challenging problems at every level, or to be separated within the same level, like they do at RSM. Honors classes are a good idea, when they are allowed to work as intended.[/quote]

Every level at RSM goes at a faster pace and much greater depth than even the most advanced MCPS classes. It's an expensive private program with smaller classes (no more than 15 kids) and very motivated parents/students. That is not something MCPS is going to be able to offer.

I think the better option is to offer deeper enrichment within the grade-level standards for students who really aren't ready for the acceleration that MCPS offers. Students who aren't going to be well-served by starting in compacted math in 4th should have the option of an enriched 4th grade math class that goes beyond the Eureka materials with real enrichment. When I asked at our school what enrichment was offered, they said it was just the later problems in the Eureka problem set--but those are not adequate for kids who need to go deeper.

MCPS's answer right now is to simply accelerate kids, but that's not serving them, as we are seeing with students who in HS need to drop down from honors to regular because they can't keep pace. Something needs to change.[/quote]

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