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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I just went and checked my older child's MAP score history from myMCPS and she had exactly the same MAP score at the end of third grade but was invited into compact math.

I guess the difference in math placement must be due to teacher recommendation (?)   [/quote]

I don't understand how you are not getting this. [b] If they allow a certain number of kids in compacted math based on teacher allocations per grade[/b] and how many classes of math they should have, and your oldest was in the middle of the strong kids, she was invited.  If your younger one has a stronger grade with higher scores, she is probably below them and didn't make the cut off.   Like the pervious teacher said, your child shouldn't slow down the class.

This is why I miss tracked math classes for everyone and not this compact math BS.  [/quote]

Not necessarily.  I have two kids who have been through compacted math.  For the older, they set aside two classes for the CM group.  For the other, they set aside one class, which grew larger as the year went by (surely because parents requested for their kids to get in).  This is to say that there is not a designated number of spots in the class--they figure out how many kids fit their criteria, and establish the classes to match that.  Of course, if they are at a point where they can't add another child to the class, yet don't have enough qualifying for a second cohort, then the dynamic you are describing may occur.  But more likely is that they made an evaluation that the kid would be better off in the on-grade class and not that they just ran out of spots.[/quote]

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