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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t believe CM for ES is going anywhere.  There are some challenges that need to be addressed/thought through when moving to MS though.  As someone mentioned, there is no class in Learn Zillion that keeps the CM pace, so all of 7th/ half of 8th grade math.  The closest is AMP 7+ but then the students are missing the first half of 7th.  AIM further accelerates kids to take both 7th and 8th grade (so 2 years of math) at a time when solidifying a really good math foundation is crucial. That missing foundation and ability to think through problems/apply math in different contexts starts to really show in Honors Alg 2 and/or Honors Pre-Cal, which is why there is concerted effort nationwide to slow math down and be sure kids have a solid foundation.

Further complicating this is that MS math ends after Math 8.  Next is Algebra 1 which is technically a HS course and has state aligned testing requirements.  Which means MCPS would need to create two or 3 classes to successfully accommodate the CM students on the same pacing (ex:7/8, 8+Alg1).  And as any engineer will tell you Alg 1>Geo>Alg 2 is a terrible sequence.

While all this needs to be handled, MCPS is trying really hard to publicize the math tracks and the onboard/off ramps that exist so that people stop racing their kids to get somewhere when they’re not really ready.  Which in turn only results in problems later.  As another PP noted, some kids should be in an on-level class and students and parents need to see that as a perfectly acceptable option.[/quote]

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