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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The google doc was guidance that applied to last year's decision making for the current school year.  This year, there should be different guidance for 2022-23 placement since there have been fewer gaps and there has been more time to plan reintegration of skipped curriculum from 2020-21 (including Spring 2020) into later years' classes.  I still expect there to be some differences from the way things were decided pre-pandemic, but it [i]should[/i] be closer to normal.[/quote]

[b]Should[/b][i] being the operative word.  I think the powers that be in central are trying to slow down the math pathway, not support acceleration and enrichment. The attempt to use pandemic as an excuse to slow everyone down got strongly opposed by parents last year, who heard about it via teacher leaks not direct communication from Central, so it became "a thing," which caused Central to backtrack a bit last Spring.  ES parents with a math kid should assume that they will have to keep pushing for appropriate math.[/quote]

+1. They are creating barrier after barrier to slow down the math pathways without data to justify the changes. They are using the pandemic as an excuse. I suspect it will help close the achievement gap if high flyers have their wings clipped. [/quote]

If MCPS is not envisioning "equity" as pushing everyone to achieve to the best of their ability, they have it wrong, IMO.  High expectations for all students.  High levels of support for all students.  [/quote]

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