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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They will probably require current 3rd graders to have a 4 on MCAP and/or a fairly high MAP or CogAT score (I would guess 95th percentile or higher) to get whatever acceleration is provided next year.

The bar will probably be lower for this year's 4th graders finishing up as a cohort, though.  I don't think they will lower it as far as 50th percentile-- I think 85th percentile was what was required to originally qualify and they will probably let them stay as long as they maintain that. [/quote]

Should a student really be in compacted or advanced math if they are not even within the 85%? I think not, unless there is a documented reason for the lower score (ex. a student at my school lost a close family member the weekend before MCAP — if they scored low on MCAP but are making progress and keeping up with the accelerated pace, obviously they should be allowed to continue to receive advanced math). We have MUTIPLE kids at our school in compacted math (and literacy enrichment) that unfortunately are not able to keep up and this takes away time from the other students who truly excel at math. [/quote]

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