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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this is overall a good thing. Compacted Math was pretty much a scam that just made parents feel good that their kid was getting “advanced math” when, in reality, the classes simply glossed over a skipped a lot of content so they could plow through the material. Maybe now the curriculum will allow for the depth that will pay off in the long term for kids. [/quote]

I don't agree. Your "nuanced analysis" of calling something a scam does not make it so.  My kid was so bored in grade 3 math.  She finds Compacted Math 4/5 much more interesting with a cohorted group and a faster pace, I am dreading if MCPS keeps this crap decision and she has to go back to the old pace (plus repeat the stuff she already learned from 5th grade math.)[/quote]

Could it possibly be that the eureka math was the slow paced, teach them the 5 ways to do something with long word problems that made lots of kids super bored? I’m hoping the Desmos stuff is better but gosh my kid (not in compacted) could not get thru Eureka homework most nights because of all the round about ways they had to show to get to the same damn answer. I felt it was not good for kids with attention issues. I think that’s why the kids who are naturally good at math would get so bored. Meanwhile the module tests are nothing like the homework, no long word problems or tedious stuff. But I’m not a teacher so I have no idea what their thoughts are on teaching the curriculum[/quote]

The strategies are terrible and useless. [/quote]

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