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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's not what I understood. I know that the IM concept is state-mandated, but I actually thought the state recommended doing it as a 3-year sequence. [/quote]

Correct. MSDE said to do it in 3 years, but MCPS wants all kids to do it in 2.

I have a 5th grader in compacted math going to Loeiderman next year and emailed their Math RT. All compacted math kids go to pre algebra in grade 6. Grades 7 and 8 will be IM 1 and IM 2 which are the equivalent of Alg 1 and 2 plus Geometry. 9th grade is pre calculus and 10th grade is AP calc. No idea what happens in grades 11 and 12.[/quote]

This is absolutely false.  MSDE is forcing all Maryland counties to do it in two years.  MCPS does many things wrong but this one is MSDE's fault.

(The theory behind it, I believe, is that they want to get high schoolers past algebra quicker so they can focus in on subjects that are more interesting and relevant to them if they're not on a calc track.) [/quote]

Correct.  MSDE is mandating the new Math standards that include the replacement of the three-year Algebra 1, Geometry & Algebra 2 sequence with a two-year Integrated Algebra 1 & 2 sequence.  ("Integrated" meaning, among other things, that aspects of Geometry are covered within the Algebra courses.)

However, there will be content currently in the Algebra 1/Geometry/Algebra 2 curriculum that is not in the new Integrated Algebra 1/Integrated Algebra 2 curriculum -- they are not really compacting the three current courses into a 2-year acceleration, but achieving that 2 years (vs. 3 that some other states have adopted) by removing several standards.  A small bit of that may be moved back to earlier years with the new overall curriculum (whatever is adopted that parallels the current elementary/middle curriculum though one of Math 8, AMP7+ or PreAlgebra).  , The majority, though of that which will be removed (e.g., much of Trigonometry currently in Algebra 2, some Stats, etc.) either will be left out altogether (i.e., in some of the new 4 post-Algebra pathways, as these were conceived, in part, not to encompass such content that has become esoteric in the sense that much of the modern working world does not seek its mastery) or integrated into later coursework (i.e., for other pathways, like Calculus, where a PreCalculus curriculum then might need to be expanded to cover those concepts).[/quote]

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