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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Math teachers at my high school tell me that the math curriculum for each grade is designed to be fast paced and without depth. Teachers are supposed to move to a new topic practically every day. If a student misses a week of school which is not uncommon, the student misses several concepts which they will not see again for a long time. There is not much practice time built into the curriculum. Couple this with the 50% rule and you have students being pushed up to the next level of math who have learned next to nothing the year before. I don’t teach math so high school math teachers - please correct me if I’m wrong [/quote]

We have never seen a new topic every day.  Nor do we have the 59% rule.  Are you a private parent?  We have math homework too.  [/quote]

How have you not seen the 50% rule? And several high schools assign minimum to no HW. Teachers are discouraged from giving HW except in AP classes. MCPS calls it an equity issue [/quote]

My HS student at Blair has 2-4 hours of work a night. Magnet classes aren't crazy or anything. In fact, I think honors spanish 4 is their hardest class. I have seen 0's when they missed something or were absent but think the 50% was ended after the pandemic.[/quote]

This elimination of the 50% rule is happening at many MS and HS.  However, there are some teachers/administrators have not fully gone away from it.  And that’s part of the problem.  MCPS lets schools do too much of their own thing.  Peter Moran and others have said that what is needed is more standardization across schools and I happen to agree. There should be some really clear expectations and policies outlined for Principals/APs and Teachers and then should be judged on their ability to follow and how they help their students achieve within those guidelines and frameworks.  Notice I didn’t say anything about all students getting A’s.  Because if I see a classroom full of students getting B’s but also can see they are all making great strides in growth and learning that is going to be fine.

Dr. Pugh highlighted a great point at the last presentation with the BOE and that was there are a number of students who are in the cusp of being proficient.  As in 1-3 more correct questions on the exams. So a key priority for the district this year should be 1) Keep proficient students proficient and moving them closer to Distinguished Proficiency. 2) Supporting students in the cusp of proficiency to ensure they are proficient by Spring exams.[/quote]

1-3 questions is kind of a lot on a 40 question test. [/quote]

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