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[quote=Anonymous]Recap:  Problems with curriculum 2.0 and implementation

1  lack of pathway for advancement and acceleration in math
2  lack of differentiated teaching in the classroom to kids of varying ability, aptitude, achievement and performance
3  wide variability in the quality of teaching
4  poor and conflicting communication between teacher and parent, principal and parent and mcps and parent about the metrics for evaluating and assessing students in curriculum 2.0
5  opaque or no evaluation process at the start of the school year regarding performance measres and planning   student academic needs;  tremendous lag time (if at all!) between child assessment and communication with parents
6  significant delays in expeditious student assessment and evaluation by teachers
7  refusal by MCPS schools to formally test and evaluate children requesting assessment at the beginning of the school year to anticipate teaching needs 
8  no process at the end of the school year for willing kids to take full assessment evaluations (e.g. HSA or final exams in a subject) to demonstrate their mastery (or lack thereof) in anticipation of placement in the upcoming academic year (particularly for math)
9  parents have no mechanisms to challenge teacher, principal or mcps (short of taking outside examinations SAT,    SSAT and the like for confirmation of academic achievement and performance) to challenge school placement
10  ??? science (a black box in curriculum 2.0).  What is the program in the elementay school years?  seems variable in the schools
11  teachers and principals seem experts in delay tactics preventing expeditious evaluation and assessments of kids -- particularly in instances of trying to decide subject placement.  The teachers and principals spend their productive hours hatching and promoting these delays.  This is where their true expertise in education seem to lay.
12  no input from parents and the community (local businesses, engineers, scientists, computer experts, educators) in the decision to purchase, implement and then execute curriculum 2.0 in response to adopting the common core standards for MCPS[/quote]

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