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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school rotates two CM classrooms along with two classrooms participating in the new ELC program. My son was just complaining this morning that some of the kids in class can not keep up and wonders why they are there because last year "they were in the lower groups" while in  regular 3rd grade math. Sad that he is frustrated with CM because they cannot move faster because MCPS feels the need to try and bolster their Math numbers at the cost of the children.[/quote]

MCPS just can't win. If they don't accelerate lots of kids, that's bad. If they do accelerate lots of kids, that's bad too.[/quote]
DP... if they accelerate a child who is not ready for it, then yes, it's bad.  Why are they doing it?  [b]Parents complaining a lot that their kid can do it, even if they really can't? [/b] Administrators want to push URM kids who aren't ready into it to make the URM numbers look better?  IDK.  But, in either case, it's not helping the student.[/quote]

Yes. Are you new to DCUM? When MCPS was doing a lot of accelerating, parents complained on DCUM that MCPS was pushing their kids. When MCPS was going to maybe stop accelerating, parents complained on DCUM that MCPS was holding back their kids. When MCPS went back to accelerating, but limited, parents complained on DCUM that MCPS was holding back their kids. Now MCPS is accelerating more, parents are complaining on DCUM that MCPS is pushing their kids and that MCPS is holding back their kids.

Now, why did you bring up "URM" kids? [/quote]
Because of the Metis report.  They seem to be heavily focused on closing the achievement gap, which by itself, is a good thing to focus on. But, if the student is not ready for CM, then the student shouldn't be put in it. Doesn't matter what the skin color is.  There are some wealthier white children whose parents push the school to put their kid in CM. Neither serves the student.

I'm just wondering why schools are putting more kids into CM. [b] And it does seem to be a county wide thing, not just a few schools. [/b] When my older DC was in CM, it was the first or second year of it, and there were only something like twelve kids in it.  This year, the number is more than double. I highly doubt that this year's crop of kids is that much more smarter than a few years ago.

Also, they changed the HGC test structure. Again, when my DC applied, it was something like a two hour test.  Last year, it was 30minutes.  Why the change?[/quote]

based on what information? [/quote]
Based on just the posts from here alone.  But, let's take an informal poll here.  Which schools have way more kids now in CM than two years ago?

I'll start.  Ritchie Park.

And also, explain to me why HGC testing was changed?  As stated before, I think it was due to the Metis report which focused on closing the achievement gap.  Explain to me why else they would've changed the testing and why more kids are in CM than before?[/quote]

Perhaps they are trying to offer advanced learning to more kids which sounds like a positive to me.  The achievement gap is officially determined through standardized test scores -- so while this may be an attempt on MCPS's part to reduce the gap -- only the test scores are going to determine that.  Unfortunately I don't think offering advanced learning to more URMs is going to have a big overall effect on the gap in a student population of over 160,000 kids.[/quote]

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