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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How having an almost perfect record in Math in 4th Grade connects to learning loss during the pandemic has not been announced. [/quote]

This is the truly bothersome point for me.  It’s because they said so.  Or it’s because of some unshared information about how well, or not, students are doing in Algebra.  Or it’s about some new educational studies about acceleration. I would like to hear how any of these lines in the sand connect to learning loss. If on Day 1 Principals, teachers, parents and students had been told “All As or else” many would have approached things differently this year; or at least would have been given the option of deciding whether it was worth the pandemic energy to them.

Math acceleration can be important to families for any number of reasons; there’s no reason to limit it as a scarce resource.  Guaranteed it is not the reason MCPS kids are underperforming on standardized tests.  Admin should leave it be.[/quote]

This is weird.  It is one thing to say that students are behind due to COVID, it is another to the-evaluate who should be in the class at a big picture level.  Continuing on has never been a “thing” before.  AND MCPS proposed getting rid of a Accelerated math in general earlier in the year, but changed course because parents freaked, so they promised it would continue.  This seems like using COVID to shrink the accelerated numbers.  If there’s a legitimate reason and evidence based plan to narrow access to acceleration, MCPS should expose it to some sunlight.  Otherwise they look arbitrary, and like they’re hiding the ball with parents.  [/quote]

I absolutely think this is what is going on here.  They are looking for a different way to get rid of the differentiation.  The standard is so arbitrary and applying it in the "middle" of the curriculum makes no sense - unless you look at it through this lens.

I remember asking why there was no more enrichment after our school transitioned to Benchmark at the beginning of last year and was told that it was already above grade level so there was no need for additional enrichment.   :roll: [/quote]

And yet some schools have ELC! I’m sure some schools will figure out a way around this mandate and other schools will not. Lovely equity in MCPS.[/quote]

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