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[quote=Anonymous]I have no idea what the below means with respect to the "UCARE Portfolio" but it's from the MCPS website. Typical MCPS poor communications, in that they don't bother to define what UCARE is. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/math/compacted How are students identified to participate in the Curriculum 2.0 Compacted Grades 4/5 course? A two-step identification process was developed to determine which students, systemwide, would best be served by the compacted course. In the first step, schools reviewed a wide range of existing student performance data to help identify students that might be candidates for the compacted course. In the second step, teachers assessed these identified students on a series of tasks to provide more information on whether they would be best served in a compacted course. These tasks helped measure students’ understanding, computation, application, reasoning, and engagement (UCARE) in mathematics. To be considered for the compacted mathematics course, a student would need to demonstrate all of the following: Independently and consistently demonstrates proficiency as defined by the five strands of UCARE, earlier than the end of instruction for concepts and/or topics. Meets or exceeds the benchmark for enriched and accelerated mathematics within the UCARE Assessment Portfolio (See below). Has needs that would best be met through a much quicker pace of instruction, while maintaining the depth of understanding. Is among the highest performing students in the grade level and/or does not have a group of similarly situated peers in his or her grade-level class. Schools completed the UCARE Assessment Portfolio for candidate students. These data were analyzed to establish a system benchmark for consideration of having met criterion 2 (above). Schools were provided the system benchmark information and then asked to make a final recommendation for each student. Schools notified Parents/guardians of students who are recommended for the compacted curriculum. [/quote][/quote]
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