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Agree with this.

[b]At our ES, they decided to put ALL kids in Compacted Math. [/b] It was ridiculous.  Sure, some kids could handle it.  But, some kids can't.

Teach the kids AT THEIR LEVEL.  Really, it shouldn't be that hard.  Instead, MCPS cares more about optics and showing how many kids are in 'advanced' classes.

At our MS, some parents asked about the Advance English option, because they actually felt their kids were not ready for 'advanced' English.  They were told that there is no other option for English in 6th grade.  ALL kids have to take 'Advanced' English.  In which case, why not just name it English 6.

Ridiculous.  [/quote]

That's not MCPS. That's your elementary school's decision.[/quote]

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.  This is NOT a school decision.  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]

Agree with all of this.

Last year, our ES actually had 35 kids in one of the multiple Compacted Math classes.  They brought in another teacher, but they didn’t have an additional classroom to actually split the kids.

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