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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Please note, though, that after being bored out of his mind until 3rd grade, suddenly my child had difficulty doing multi-step word problems. They're a whole other beast, and require a different order of thinking. So you might want to introduce some easy ones to your child to see how she does.[/quote]

This is why its so bad that don't do anything in K-2. DS didn't have a problem with the multi-step word problems because honestly we supplemented a lot and kept him moving forward with math outside the MCPS system. Several of his friends who are really smart kids struggled in 3rd and 4th because per 2.0 they never developed any math skills. Yes they could find five ways to regroup 9+2 but they just didn't have the calculation skills and understanding of math as a system to do more complex problems.

They waste 3 years with virtually no math instruction to social engineer leveling across the county. They don't teach math fundamentals and do nothing to test for any sense of mastery. Its only producing bright kids who now hate math and kids who wouldn't perform well in math still not performing well at math. The really advanced kids are bored and its sad that they don't have anything school to enjoy but in the end they will be fine. Its the kids in the middle that lose out the most but who cares about them. [/quote]

And yet, there are *several* kids in compacted math, so, maybe your DS and his so-called smart friends aren't that smart in math after all, or maybe they are good in some math concepts but not in others.  For example, I found Algebra I/II to be really easy, but found geometry and trig much harder.  Some types of math are harder than others for some people.[/quote]

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