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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The poor results on the MSA are a reflection is in the sub par quality of the math instruction. Dumbing down the test so that teachers can teach to that test is NOT the solution.

Its shameful that the math curriculum is so terrible now in MCPS. My 1st grader's teacher is giving him "enriched" math which just means that he doing a ton of worksheets involving the same problems. It keeps him busy so he isn't sitting there doing nothing or running around the classroom. Its busy work. [/quote]

Who's dumbing down which test, now? Once again; the previous standardized tests (MSAs) were Maryland's standardized tests, and the previous MCPS curriculum was designed for the MSAs. The new standardized tests will be national standardized tests, designed for the Common Core curriculum. 46 states, including Maryland, have adopted the Common Core curriculum. Curriculum 2.0 is the Common Core curriculum for MCPS.

What's more, the new Common Core tests are still being developed. So there's no way to know if they are, in fact, "dumbed down" or not -- unless you're working for the groups that are developing the tests?

And you're condemning the math curriculum in MCPS based on your first-grader doing worksheets? Did you have a first-grader in MCPS before the 2.0 math curriculum? I did, and I'm here to say that they did a lot of worksheets, and they weren't calculus worksheets, either.[/quote]

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