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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, there seems to be a mythical narrative on this board about student performance. For example, the other week there was a parent claiming that 270 was a common map-m score for the mid-4th grade. MCPS stats are slightly higher than the national average. MCPS publishes this but it's only slightly higher. 270 is not a common score, especially for 4th graders. Of course, this has happened but requires a lot of outside enrichment since kids don't teach the concepts to themselves and this isn't happening without exposure.[/quote]

I’m that pp again. I didn’t say 270 is common. I said that’s the 3rd highest score among my DC’s classmates, and I have no full knowledge of the statistics of the entire class. My DC never goes to any outside math enrichment class other than self-watching Kahn Academy, and playing prodigy as a reward in school. He is in the new math pathway and I think this helps improving his MAP score more or less.[/quote]

Your kid is an outlier.[/quote]

pp again. He is an outlier for his home school for sure, but not an outlier for CES. That's why new math pathway can be implemented to a whole class of students. They are all outliers.[/quote]

Statistically, there should be little more than 120 5th graders with scores over 253 in the entire county based on the national norms published by NWEA. Sure, MCPS may be a little higher but we're not talking more than a few dozen kids total.[/quote]

What makes you not believe that 28 or so out of the 120 kids are in Cold Spring CES? [/quote]

If they do then, they have a strong cohort and no need to take up seats at a magnet program.[/quote]

Sure. If MCPS can provide the entire magnet curriculum to the cohort, taught by experienced and qualified teacher, and provide contest opportunities to these kids, we will cheer from the bottom of the heart as the parents. Who would like to travel that far away everyday? The reality is, these kids will be spread to three different local MSs. They will not be grouped together for the two magnet courses, which were taught by teachers without preparation nor understanding of the core value of the curriculum, and local MSs don't provide opportunities such like mathcounts unless parents initiate and organize. Now you think we are lucky to have such a great cohort?   [/quote]

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