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Reply to "What happens if you fail Algebra 1 MCAP"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You do have to wonder why MCPS is accelerating so many math students yet has such a low rate of math proficiency. I pulled my kid off the accelerated path due to Covid learning loss even though they were proficient. As a math major I could tell that concepts were not fully taught. My kid is a good test taker but not sure I believe this test is that hard.[/quote] I think that, as a PP suggested, the headline numbers reported are for those taking the Algebra 1 MCAP [i]in HS[/i] that year. This excludes those having taken it in MS with one or two years of acceleration. Would a mathematically adept kid who took Algebra in 7th have a [i]greater[/i] chance of scoring well if they took it in 9th? Probably by just a bit, but that kid probably also is likely to do well in 7th (or 8th, if only accelerated by 1 year). Meanwhile, making that kid wait until 9th is a disservice, not meeting academic need and probably turning them off to the subject through boredom. It would be more reflective of how well the system works if they reported either the percentage of students at the school who, as of their last taking the test (whatever year that may have been), had achieved a score indicating adequate proficiency, or the percentage ar the same level of achievement for all students zoned to that HS having taken it that year.[/quote]
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