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[quote=Anonymous]Math is becoming a disaster on all fronts.

I'm guessing that the idea was to level everyone in elementary school so they could elevate the low performers and put a ceiling on the high performers to hit the needed average test scores. Yes, 2.0 is intended to accelerate kids that would have been in the "grade level" or bottom group of the previous MCPS math curriculum. It also de-accelerates everyone else. The only equity gained is that most kids are not working at the right level or learning math.

The complaints in lower SES schools is that parents with limited education and/or english have no way to figure out how to help their kids. There is no textbook, its very disorganized, and this idea that parental involvement is not necessary with 2.0 is just stupid. The lower performing kids are failing with 2.0 at higher rates than they failed in the old system. Downward trends are never appreciated. The complaints in higher SES schools is that their kids aren't learning anything, which they aren't.

MCPS banks on being able to piss off half the county without consequences but it gets itself in trouble when it started to tick off both sides. A few more years of failing test scores will put the nail in the coffin on 2.0 math. [/quote]

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