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No one in MCPS ever proved that math acceleration did not work for basic, normal smart kids. MCPS decided that it didn't care about normal, smart kids. MCPS cares about lowering the achievement gap and getting as many kids to hit the bottom bar of the PARRC assessments. If you offer appropriate acceleration, you widen the achievement gap as its recorded in your school. The only way to reduce the gap without allocating more resources to the address kids falling off the bottom is to stop teaching the middle to progress. [/quote]

I am not going to refute that "lowering the gap" may be a potential issue and contributor - I have no idea.

But I think there has been documented concern in academic circles - including colleges - that math was being accelerated too fast for some kids.  That some of them were smart enough to just memorize algorithms and not were not really understanding material - or were memorizing too much to retain it for later.

I say this as the PP who has been advocating for more.... and as one whose child would not fit the memorizing category but really  understands math and would have been fine under the old policy.    [/quote]

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