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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]OP here... Thanks for the responses, however I am winderinf more about the changes in the curriculum in middle school and high school rather than reporting of grades (although agree that the P/ES system is a horrendous system). . Does/will common core/2.0 affect non-math courses? According to the MCPS technology plan the goal is to remove all textbooks for all grades by 2016. So will material, resources move on-line -- and will this change be guided by a 2.0 or common core-based curriculum? If so, I am deeply concerned as 2.0 has really lowered standards at the elementary grade levels. I really hope MCPS leaves middle and high shools alone.[/quote]

The new material will be 2.0 crap. I have no faith that the materials will even be accessible outside of school. You better hope that your child is really good at note taking. Not only will you and your child not have access to any of the tests, quizzes, or exams to see how he or she actually did and what areas are strengths/weaknesses but you won't even be able to access the materials they are studying in class if they follow the same principles that were applied to elementary schools. Homework will vanish.

It will be fantastic for MCPS. Parents will no longer be able to complain about the sloppy and incorrect math problems because they will never get to see them. 2+2 can equal 5 now just because we say it does! Yeah! High SES families will leave the system but who gives a shit! Low SES families are better because they don't complain about the poor quality of the instruction. Let the people seeking a real education and the economic means to move go someplace else. [/quote]

There is some truth to this, although I don't agree with all of it.  But DD was in Algebra I last year, first year of 2.0 rollout.  There was n corresponding textbook and the teacher obsolutely refused to share real info about what DD was learning (or more accurately, not learning) in class.  She had some areas where she got C's but I could NEVER get info about what the problem was and I couldn't get copies of tests. This made it very hard to get a tutor to help her with specific issues.   Ridiculous.

We ended up having her take it again despite a final grade of B (due to extra test points).  We figured it was important for her to have a very solid foundation and worth the repeated material.  We'll see how it goes.[/quote]

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