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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To 22:14:  Is it possible that, under the old curriculum, there were students taking Algebra I in 7th grade who were not ready for Algebra I in 7th grade?

More generally: for the the "C2.0 is dumbing down to close the achievement gap" theory to be true, the people at MCPS -- who are educators -- would have to have made a decision that narrowing the achievement gap by whatever means is so important that they are willing not only to deliberately keep children from being educated, but also to damage their own school system's long-standing reputation for high achievement.

Where is the evidence for this?  
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not 22:14 but want to respond to you. Yes, it is possible and probably evidence that some students were overaccelerated in the old scheme. Furthermore, getting to algebra early should not be a goal in itself. This is emphazied by the common core and many practicing mathematicians who are paying attention to school math. So I agree with you on this.

However, there is also no evidence that putting students of all abilities in the same classroom is going to help the lower performing students. I believe that there is evidence to the contrary.

I don't think anyone is suggeting MCPS is acting out of malicious intent. However, good intention doesn't always mean smart strategy. I think MCPS may regret one day that they adopted some questionable practice in c2.0. I anticipate the grading to go back to ABCD by subject area one day and also switching rooms for math groups as they are doing for reading. [/quote]

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