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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP. There are a lot of kids who have much lower scores who get placed into Pre Algebra in sixth, because of how the lottery cutoffs work. Scores can be as low as 60 or 70th percentile nationally on the MAP to qualify for the lottery - and MCPS uses fourth and fifth grade MAP so they don’t make sure kids actually can do sixth grade math before advancing to PreAlgebra, which is compacted grade 7 and 8 math. That’s really what the discussion is about. Over a third of kids in Compacted Math are not passing the state assessments later. And because the selection criteria was locally normed, the accuracy of placement depended on your school. You can see the rates if kids passing Geometry at your local school here on the Geometry MCAP tab: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Btm7A1i0FJw1ssLDht_L6KocVrRwcM1Y/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=111799539092517039560&rtpof=true&sd=true

It wasn’t too much for my kids at the 98/99th percentile on MAP (I should add that MAP scores are not exactly tied to state math standards). And my kids don’t supplement. Both also did very well in math later. But they took the current Algebra - Geometry sequence.

You can see how they do on the district progress checks, etc., next year and slow down to Accel Math 6, or retake Accel Math 7 of you’re nervous, but probably not necessary.

The biggest issue is choosing math courses in high school. You will need to find four years of math. Right now MCPS is suggesting Precalc &gt; Calc AB &gt; Calc BC, and that leaves one more class. Multivariable Calc is what they currently offer at some schools or Montgomery College. Your child might not want to do that, so maybe AP Stats.

But hopefully they have some other options by high school for the kids who are not hardcore Calc. Your child might be - it really is an individual decision.[/quote]

MC doesn't want kids from Calc BC directly to MVC as they want you to take calc with them.  MCPS doesn't tell you this when you choose your math path.  MVC is only at select schools so the only option is AP stat's.  MCPS needs to offer MVC at all schools.[/quote]

In many schools there are not enough students to form a class. They should offer it virtually though if it’s not at a school. [/quote]

If there are [i]very[/i] few at a school, then absolutely they should be offering it virtually.  And nobody should be dissuading students from accessing them for reasons of cohort size/school resource management.

But they also should be trying to encourage equitable participation by affording extra resources to schools which haven't typically offered those classes when they have fewer students than they usually would need to hold a class but more than a handful.  In the greater scheme of things, the virtuous cycle of interest/adoption it would create might be more cost effective than many other equity-aiming initiatives.[/quote]

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