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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]38 pages of pissing back and forth... folks, if your kids are really smart, move to different school districts like howard county. if your kids are avg at best, stay in MCPS.[/quote]
The brightest, smartest kids in the DMV are in MCPS.  HoCo kids can't even compete with them. [/quote]

The state proficiency rate for Algebra I MCAP for 2023-2024 is 20 percent.

MCPS is slightly above that at 25.1 percent.  But Howard County is even better at 42.1 percent.

Here are the links to mdreportcard:

https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Graphs/#/Assessments/MathPerformance/UALG01/U/6/3/1/15/XXXX/2024

https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Graphs/#/Assessments/MathPerformance/UALG01/U/6/3/1/13/XXXX/2024

But it looks like you have to click around it for a bit to bring up the overall profiency percentages and the direct link doesn't work.

For reference, Frederick has a rate of 25.2, Baltimore County 31.8 and Prince George's County 8.8.

My concern and issue is that with the way things going, I don't see MCPS going the right direction with the things they're focusing on and the changes they're trying to make.  While every school system has issues, I would like to think some of the other ones are doing something right where they're able to get more students to pass the Algebra test.

Algebra is the most basic math course for high school.  Where students will struggle in the rest of the high school math course sequence if they don't have a solid foundation in Algebra.  Also students that struggle in Algebra, likely don't have a firm foundation in the math taken before it.  This is all assuming that the MCAP accurately reflects the knowledge a student has in Algebra.

But I think the days of thinking that MCPS as a top school district is an outdated notion.  Where you can point to other nearby school systems that perform better based on various measures.[/quote]

Isn't the state-reported proficiency rate for Algebra 1 only for those taking the course in HS?  With MCPS's acceleration options, the majority (I think) take it in MS, and these are the ones far more likely to have natural afffinity for the subject where they are more likely to demonstrate proficiency.

Most other counties do not provide as much in the way of acceleration.  The reported proficiency rates may then provide an inaccurate basis for comparison.[/quote]

There is a huge range from 5th grade to 9/10th grade.  [/quote]

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