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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is such a slap in the face for Kidd who succeed and are clearly able to thrive in a compacted math setting but who didn’t have the tutors  as prep to secure that 90+ percentile score. And why now? After all these kids have endured for the last year?

So lame and completely antithetical to what this school district is supposed to strive for.[/quote]

MCPS is looking down the road. A child who is scoring in the 70th percentile in 4th grade is probably not going to be ready for Algebra in 7th. Kids who are scoring in 90th percentile and up are not doing so based on prepping - they have mastered the material and are ready for the next thing. Yes, maybe some are getting tutoring but the kids getting PREPPED are in the 99th percentile. The kids in the 91st or so, who are ready for 5/6? Those are just kids who have mastered the work in front of them.

Folks are being very myopic on this thread. If MCPS holds itself to this standard, a lot of kids are going to be in Math 5 next year rather than 5/6. That means they will enter middle school with a strong grounding to prepare them for Pre-Algebra in 7th and Algebra in 8th.  That is a perfectly acceptable track and is, in fact, the "advanced" track in many other parts of the country. Why not take that extra year and do Algebra in 8th with the rest of the United States?

Don't let your ego about your kid being "one of the smart ones" get in the way of an actual math track that will give them the grounding they need to succeed down the road in middle and high school. [/quote]

My child is actually doing really well with algebraic concepts and I’m now kicking myself that we haven’t done formal tutoring to prep for the test. She’s my oldest and I - stupidly, apparently - thought achieving all A’s in math, a right/wrong subject meant she was doing well in compacted 4/5. Her teacher repeatedly saying she’s a strong math student and gets the concepts easily. She’s been thriving in a more accelerated environment. This is literally the first year she’s LOVED math. So she’s 70% - I absolutely believe she can excel in compacted math 5/6. She does the work.

And for those dismissing the difference between calculus in 11th vs 12th - of course there’s a difference. It’s a big difference in the types of programs and colleges she’ll have an opportunity to take on. This is literally a track that either puts kids in one bucket of achievement or condemns them to another. I wish the county was more upfront with parents - prep and tutor your children, make sure they get at least 90% or they will be doomed as losers who will have limited opportunities in MCPS and afterward. And grades don’t matter; they aren’t an indicator of your child’s aptitude even in a subject like math.

That’s essentially the message. Heard loud and clear. I will invest in prep and tutoring going forward. Wish I’d known prior. [/quote]

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