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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, it is disappointing that this is not communicated more by MCPS.  I first heard by word of mouth, and then during a middle school enrollment meeting (when kids enroll for classes).  At that point, the local school administrators said that central office was going to re-evaluate kids and they would receive direction regarding whether our compacted math kids would be put in IM.  They said if your child was identified for the Takoma pool, there was a strong indication that you would be place.  If not, just wait and see.  There was a bit of debate with one administrator saying their "hands were tied" with central office decisions, and the other saying that they support kids with a desire to try more rigorous courses (leaving the door open to appeals).

My child is doing well in math (I know, I know...everyone is getting As), but we actually checked in with the teacher 3/4 of the way in to see if our child was actually grasping the concepts and if there was anything we could do to support.  We were told DD was doing great and would be recommended for IM and no concerns.  Fast forward to the MAP test, where we lost track of when DD was taking it.  So she took it flopped on the couch with no breakfast (told us that she clicked through a few things to just "finish it") and...needless to say...not as good as her typical scores.  So, we are waiting to hear what in the world next year will bring and whether we are going to have to appeal to prevent her from repeating a grade.

Just in case we don't have enough things up in the air this year...[/quote]

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