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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no idea what the below means with respect to the "UCARE Portfolio" but it's from the MCPS website.  [[b]i]Typical MCPS poor communications, in that they don't bother to define what UCARE is.[[/b]/i]  
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/math/compacted
How are students identified to participate in the Curriculum 2.0 Compacted Grades 4/5 course?

A two-step identification process was developed to determine which students, systemwide, would best be served by the compacted course. In the first step, schools reviewed a wide range of existing student performance data to help identify students that might be candidates for the compacted course. In the second step, teachers assessed these identified students on a series of tasks to provide more information on whether they would be best served in a compacted course. These tasks helped measure students’ understanding, computation, application, reasoning, and engagement (UCARE) in mathematics. To be considered for the compacted mathematics course, a student would need to demonstrate all of the following:

Independently and consistently demonstrates proficiency as defined by the five strands of UCARE, earlier than the end of instruction for concepts and/or topics.
Meets or exceeds the benchmark for enriched and accelerated mathematics within the UCARE Assessment Portfolio (See below).
Has needs that would best be met through a much quicker pace of instruction, while maintaining the depth of understanding.
Is among the highest performing students in the grade level and/or does not have a group of similarly situated peers in his or her grade-level class.
Schools completed the UCARE Assessment Portfolio for candidate students. These data were analyzed to establish a system benchmark for consideration of having met criterion 2 (above). Schools were provided the system benchmark information and then asked to make a final recommendation for each student. Schools notified Parents/guardians of students who are recommended for the compacted curriculum. 
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Not only you failed miserably at trolling, your reading skill is lacking. The link clearly defines what UCARE is.
Where are you posting from?[/quote]

I'm posting from a beautiful place called Montgomery County.  I don't care if you think my reading skills are lacking, because I've read that webpage several times and have no idea what constitutes UCARE, and I'm a native English speaker with a graduate degree, so if MCPS cares about equity for the diverse families it's supposed to be supporting, they'd explain things more clearly.  UCARE has never been mentioned in a single communication from my kid's elementary school, so if my kid is being judged based upon that, you would think the school would explain it to parents.  
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Troll, you don’t even have kids in MCPS. Otherwise you would not mine the internet just to find a now deceased curriculum and claimed your kid is being judged based on that.
Try harder next time. [/quote]

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