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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If there is no math tracking,,then what are the groups that are meeting each day?  random?[/quote]

Not the OP, but I have a kid in 2nd grade in MCPS.

Our school has NO math tracking.  Not sure if this is school specific, or just MCPS policy because DD is our first kid going through.
No math groups that meet daily.  My DD is a pretty good reporter, so I'm pretty confident that she's not just making it up.  All kids get the same worksheets.

What ESs in MoCo have math tracking for 1st and 2nd graders?  We have two younger kids, and are currently renting, so are open to moving into a different cluster![/quote]

OP noted her child was in a math group that met with the teacher for 10 minutes every day so they must be grouped somehow though she says there is no tracking.[/quote]

10 minutes a day is nothing compared to going with another class for 1.5 hours every day.  Please tell me you understand that?  Have you been in a current 1st grade math class. CHAOTIC at best.  Rotating every 10 minutes.  5 kids meet with a teacher real quick and the other 20+ kids are all over the classroom doing a "center."  Computers, bouncing a call and counting, goofing off, going to the bathroom, sleeping at a desk (I have seen it all as a volunteer.)  And no, my job is not to help the class.  I get a few kids struggling and bring them out to the hallway to help with basic concepts or I stay in the class and do filing, cutting etc...   [/quote]

This is exactly the same description of would give of a pre 2.0 math (and reading class).  So it sounds like there are groups but the complaint is that they don't get enough teacher time?[/quote]

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