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Not the PP, but did you not see the previous comments that county administrators said their goal is to put ALL kids in compact math.  [b]This is NOT a school decision.[/b]  It is not a teacher decision.  It is a county decision that is being highly encouraged and implemented.

The main problem with this compact math scenario, is if you have 75 kids and 35 kids are able to take compact math.  Do they have a class of one with 35 students? Do they bump more kids not ready and make it 2 classes and then the non compact math class is too big, which isn't right. Do they drop some kids to make it just one class and put kids into easier math classes.  It is not a class friendly format and the county realizes once again it messed up.  So not their decision to just start adding everyone slowly is a joke.

I too miss the tracked math.  Have the bottom kids in very small groups with extra math help to bump them up starting in 1st grade.  But it is not politically correct anymore. We rather the classrooms look right by gender, color, and nationality.  So the kids needing extra help aren't getting enough help.  The average kids are being ignored.  And the advanced kids are being used as mini teacher aides in the classroom to help the kids that need help.  Or they sit and do busy work.  They hardly are taught anything extra.  I see it every time I volunteer.  [/quote]

But it actually was a school decision. Some schools did it this way, some didn't.

MCPS actually had tracked math in elementary school, in the form of compacted math. DCUM yelled its head off.[/quote]

Can you inform me of a school that is decreasing and not increasing their compact math kids?  They are all increasing per county requests.  Lowering the MAP scores to who gets in.  Whether one school went from half to all, or one went from a handful to a quarter, they are all increasing due the county lowering requirements and slowing the curriculum.

And we know MCPS had tracked math and it absolutely was not compacted math.  They were taught in grading levels.  Nothing went faster.   [/quote]

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