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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They tried putting high profile programs in low income schools.  How are those IB programs going at Watkins Mill and Kennedy?[/quote]

I thought the Watkins Mill IB program was considered pretty successful?  I know the one at Kennedy is not good and is generally avoided but that doesn't make all of them bad [/quote]

Not sure I'd consider Watkins Mill successful....  https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DHXL5Z54F2FC/$file/MCPS%20IB%20Program%20Statistics.pdf

And yes, it's still a new program. But MCPS also hasn't done any analysis to determine what is working and what isn't. [/quote]

Doesn't look that bad to me given nearly all the students receive farms[/quote]

That's fair, but if you're a region 5 parent with a high achieving child, are you sending them to an IB program where only 17% of students are passing the IB math exam?  [/quote]

Only 40% of MCPS seniors graduate proficient in math. This is the school system we all send our kids to. Those with education/resources see when our kids are failing and help our kids either ourselves or hire tutors.[/quote]

I had always wondered how high school proficiency rates "improved" after middle school proficiency rates that were even lower.

I recently learned that a number of Special Education students are no longer given MAP-M once they finish algebra 1. So that will explain (at least in part) why there is a bump up in the aggregate math proficiency rates at the high school level.

So no, it's not MCPS teaching our kids math. It's just keeping out some of the lowest-performing students from taking the test so that the overall rate can be higher. [/quote]

They don't do MAP anymore in HS in the higher grades.  There really is no need.[/quote]

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