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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The guidance that came out today said students needed to have scored in the 90th percentile on MAP-M in the fall or winter, earned A's on their report cards and scored at a level 4 or 5 on their required Eureka assessments over the course of the year.  This is going to weed a lot of kids out of moving on to 5/6.  [/quote]
This does not seem onerous. It actually sounds like a continuation of the current/previous policy.

A whole thread of nonsense. [/quote]

No, it’s not. My 4th grader has never been in the 90th percentile on the MAP M. They’ve scored b/w 60 - 88 over the course of testing but got As this year and was challenged but not burdened by the pace of compacted 4/5. This means that he won’t continue in compacted math. [/quote]
And perhaps he shouldn't continue compacted math. It's not the right path for every kid. [/quote]

He earned As every single quarter. Why from a research and data-grounded educational perspective is this not the right path? [/quote]

NP. Because he's earned As on a substantially reduced curriculum due to COVID, and with unlimited retakes per MCPS policy. I'm not trying to be rude, but averaging in the 70th percentile should not actually put you on the accelerated track. Moreover, Math 4/5 is not that hard. Math 5/6 is harder, and then AIM is kind of a beast if the child does not have sufficient grounding in the foundational materials.

I think MCPS is doing the right thing here, and I'll note it is a very different standard than OP came on and got everyone whipped up about. This sounds very much like the standard that has been in place for years, except this time it's happening in a pandemic and with everyone first freaking out on DCUM.

Or, look at it this way. Right now your child is on track to take AP Calculus in 11th grade and to need to take yet another math course to graduate. What actual harm is done if they take Calculus as a senior instead? 
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