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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RSM kids or those who get enrichment at home obviously score really high on MAP. The rest of the kids not getting enrichment feel bad about themselves for not scoring as high.. its unfair.[/quote]
I also think it’s unfair many parents have so much $$ that they can stick their kids in elite boarding schools and buy their way into highly selective colleges.

But we have to work with what we have. The answer is not punching down at the middle class public school kids whose parents are doing the best with what little they have.[/quote]

No is punching at rich kids or middle class kids.  We’re stating that it’s public education and that it tries first to meet the needs of the many which is does by setting a base level of where they think kids should be in a particular grade/age.  Then it’s tries to help kids with special needs (including gifted learners).  After it tries to provide more.  Now folks who are pushing kids beyond this metrics and baselines are complaining that teachers and the school district are not doing enough to accommodate where their child is, seemingly not recognizing that the child is not Gifted they’ve just been provided access to more education in specific subjects.  It’s fine that you’ve done this but expecting the school system to adapt itself to your every whim is the problem.

If the school system said fine we’ll test everyone and then allow you to take the  class appropriate for you BUT note that your ES kid may need to go the MS or HS to get it and you’re responsible for transportation back and forth. Then folks would claim that’s not fair.  Folks then try to threaten to go to private school.  Well go right ahead because guess what, unless it’s a special school your 4th grader will be doing 4th grade math not MS/HS Algebra.

It’s a school system not your personal education system. If you want that there is HomeSchooling/Tutors.[/quote]

This is OP. All I asked was the future of compacted math. No where did I ask about more than that…I’m sorry you don’t feel you can afford to put your kid in an external enrichment program. But, yes, the school system does have an obligation to meet the needs of gifted kids and MCPS does a piss poor job at doing so. And yes, we’ve had the WISC done and yes my kid scores in the “highly gifted” range so this isn’t about RSM pushing him beyond what the school needs to handle. The point is that kids like him who aren’t challenged are more likely to disengage from school (https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/10/10/274). I’m trying to prevent that at all costs. [/quote]

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