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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]compacted math was hastily planned the first year of 2.0 implementation when 3rd grade parents were told all students were being pulled back to on level math. Previously students would be advanced a year (or even 2 years) of math.

MCPS has been planning and piloting a new curriculum for 3-4 years now, correct? One thing the new curriculum was supposed to address was the need for enrichment. What is going on in this county? Why are we still talking about compacted math? Why is curriculum planning so bad?

I think many parents would be fine with moving everyone to math 3, 4, 5 classes in ES if there was a true enriched/honors class where kids in ES could delve deeper into concepts. Kids who are ready can then go into pre-algebra in 6th grade, algebra in 7th, then double up geometry and algebra II in 8th if they want to be able to take linear algebra eventually (a small percentage of kids).

My middle kid did not make the cut for compacted math by 1 point the first year it was implemented (there were only 5 kids in the whole school that qualified), but she was allowed to skip math 6 and go right into IM in 6th grade based on map scores. The county math curriculum is still a mess. It is embarrassing that we don't have a consistent path of enriched math in ES.[/quote]

They just started with Eureka math this year.  Technically they switched some of our kids when COVID hit last spring.  Beyond that it was a pilot program at a few select schools.

How each school implements compacted math is different.  There was no cut off at our school.  One out of three classrooms were compacted math and the highest preforming kids got in with a few who had vocal parents to fill the classroom.

MS this year was based off MAP and grades but on the registration form we could pick Math 6, IM or Algebra.  Kids who could be moved up to Algebra parents were contacted and given the option.  It really depends on the school how they choose to do it.  Some schools may have a cut off, others don't.  We have about a dozen kids taking Algebra.  More were offered in but some choose not to.[/quote]

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