Georgetown STEAM is a Montessori program not a contest training program.

It's not where kids go to prep for math contests.

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Anonymous wrote:Our DCPS elementary school had a 1st place in DC/3rd place nationally and a 1st place in DC/4th place nationally, plus a bunch of 2nd & 3rd in DCs even though it’s competing against a paid prep center (the other DC site), so kids can do OK just by getting some familiarity with the test/without RSM or whatever.

I did notice there are many more kids in each rank in the older testing grade taking each test. So like 91 was 96% for a 4th grader but 99% for a 3rd grader… which makes sense.

DC has way less kids attending, so 4th place is not impressive. I checked on year only 10 kids participated in DC but hundreds in Maryland and Virginia.

It’s not 4th place, it’s 4th RANK. A lot of kids have the same rank if they get the same score.

Also a lot of DC kids take the test in MD or VA at the RSM center or other places that they attend.

Math Kangaroo itself calls it "place" although they don't break ties so it's really rank. In any case, there is no doubt that DC is less competitive than VA or CA or NY. That said, multiple kids from a DCPS getting 1st in DC and Top 5 national rankings is really impressive. And I'm impressed by a DCPS holding its own with the Georgetown after school prep program in any case, since that program is literally set up to prep for Math Kangaroo.

I wonder how LT ended up having Math Kangaroo and how other DCPS schools could get it.

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Anonymous wrote:Our DCPS elementary school had a 1st place in DC/3rd place nationally and a 1st place in DC/4th place nationally, plus a bunch of 2nd & 3rd in DCs even though it’s competing against a paid prep center (the other DC site), so kids can do OK just by getting some familiarity with the test/without RSM or whatever.

I did notice there are many more kids in each rank in the older testing grade taking each test. So like 91 was 96% for a 4th grader but 99% for a 3rd grader… which makes sense.

DC has way less kids attending, so 4th place is not impressive. I checked on year only 10 kids participated in DC but hundreds in Maryland and Virginia.

It’s not 4th place, it’s 4th RANK. A lot of kids have the same rank if they get the same score.

Also a lot of DC kids take the test in MD or VA at the RSM center or other places that they attend.

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Anonymous wrote:Our DCPS elementary school had a 1st place in DC/3rd place nationally and a 1st place in DC/4th place nationally, plus a bunch of 2nd & 3rd in DCs even though it’s competing against a paid prep center (the other DC site), so kids can do OK just by getting some familiarity with the test/without RSM or whatever.

I did notice there are many more kids in each rank in the older testing grade taking each test. So like 91 was 96% for a 4th grader but 99% for a 3rd grader… which makes sense.

DC has way less kids attending, so 4th place is not impressive. I checked on year only 10 kids participated in DC but hundreds in Maryland and Virginia.

It’s not 4th place, it’s 4th RANK. A lot of kids have the same rank if they get the same score.

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Also how bad is this score? This is 3rd grade with no prep, just a kid who likes to enter for the tchotckies and math fun.

Without prep, it's an okay score. A lot of Kangaroo questions do not align much with school math and 5-point problems will make many adults think long and hard, too. My kid prepped for a couple of months (1 full test a week), and got 17th rank, 91% percentile or so. He's a 99% MAP student, but without prep, I doubt he'd break into top-20.

Mine never practiced but attended one session of RSM prep session and scored top 20

Clearly, you have math genius in the family. What did you do with your ingenuity?

They attend RSM. I think it really helps. Noting to do with any ingenuity. Math, like any other skill, requires a bit daily practice.

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Also how bad is this score? This is 3rd grade with no prep, just a kid who likes to enter for the tchotckies and math fun.

Without prep, it's an okay score. A lot of Kangaroo questions do not align much with school math and 5-point problems will make many adults think long and hard, too. My kid prepped for a couple of months (1 full test a week), and got 17th rank, 91% percentile or so. He's a 99% MAP student, but without prep, I doubt he'd break into top-20.

Mine never practiced but attended one session of RSM prep session and scored top 20

Clearly, you have math genius in the family. What did you do with your ingenuity?

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Anonymous wrote:Our DCPS elementary school had a 1st place in DC/3rd place nationally and a 1st place in DC/4th place nationally, plus a bunch of 2nd & 3rd in DCs even though it’s competing against a paid prep center (the other DC site), so kids can do OK just by getting some familiarity with the test/without RSM or whatever.

I did notice there are many more kids in each rank in the older testing grade taking each test. So like 91 was 96% for a 4th grader but 99% for a 3rd grader… which makes sense.

That is amazing. Which DCPS is this?

LT

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Anonymous wrote:Our DCPS elementary school had a 1st place in DC/3rd place nationally and a 1st place in DC/4th place nationally, plus a bunch of 2nd & 3rd in DCs even though it’s competing against a paid prep center (the other DC site), so kids can do OK just by getting some familiarity with the test/without RSM or whatever.

I did notice there are many more kids in each rank in the older testing grade taking each test. So like 91 was 96% for a 4th grader but 99% for a 3rd grader… which makes sense.

DC has way less kids attending, so 4th place is not impressive. I checked on year only 10 kids participated in DC but hundreds in Maryland and Virginia.

But it was 1st in DC and 3rd & 4th nationally, so unclear why the size of DC would be relevant for national rankings. Also, the point was just that they could do on par with a better test prep program so I don’t think you have to spend big bucks to be competitive.

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Anonymous wrote:Our DCPS elementary school had a 1st place in DC/3rd place nationally and a 1st place in DC/4th place nationally, plus a bunch of 2nd & 3rd in DCs even though it’s competing against a paid prep center (the other DC site), so kids can do OK just by getting some familiarity with the test/without RSM or whatever.

I did notice there are many more kids in each rank in the older testing grade taking each test. So like 91 was 96% for a 4th grader but 99% for a 3rd grader… which makes sense.

DC has way less kids attending, so 4th place is not impressive. I checked on year only 10 kids participated in DC but hundreds in Maryland and Virginia.

It doesn’t matter how many kids from the state participate. If a child gets 90+ out of 96 points or 110+ out of 120 points, they are equally strong in math whether they are from DC or California. Stop diminishing kids’ successes for no reason.

Anonymous wrote:Our DCPS elementary school had a 1st place in DC/3rd place nationally and a 1st place in DC/4th place nationally, plus a bunch of 2nd & 3rd in DCs even though it’s competing against a paid prep center (the other DC site), so kids can do OK just by getting some familiarity with the test/without RSM or whatever.

I did notice there are many more kids in each rank in the older testing grade taking each test. So like 91 was 96% for a 4th grader but 99% for a 3rd grader… which makes sense.

DC has way less kids attending, so 4th place is not impressive. I checked on year only 10 kids participated in DC but hundreds in Maryland and Virginia.

Anonymous wrote:Our DCPS elementary school had a 1st place in DC/3rd place nationally and a 1st place in DC/4th place nationally, plus a bunch of 2nd & 3rd in DCs even though it’s competing against a paid prep center (the other DC site), so kids can do OK just by getting some familiarity with the test/without RSM or whatever.

I did notice there are many more kids in each rank in the older testing grade taking each test. So like 91 was 96% for a 4th grader but 99% for a 3rd grader… which makes sense.

That is amazing. Which DCPS is this?

Anonymous wrote:It’s a baby test . Not impressive

It is an entry level math competition, that is true. But it can help kids figure out that they like math competitions and lead to participating in the harder competitions down the line. The test is also a lot harder in MS, surprisingly, then you would think. My 8t grader scored in the same percentile on the math kangaroo test as they did on the AMC 10, 91rst percentile.

Our DCPS elementary school had a 1st place in DC/3rd place nationally and a 1st place in DC/4th place nationally, plus a bunch of 2nd & 3rd in DCs even though it’s competing against a paid prep center (the other DC site), so kids can do OK just by getting some familiarity with the test/without RSM or whatever.

I did notice there are many more kids in each rank in the older testing grade taking each test. So like 91 was 96% for a 4th grader but 99% for a 3rd grader… which makes sense.

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Also how bad is this score? This is 3rd grade with no prep, just a kid who likes to enter for the tchotckies and math fun.

Without prep, it's an okay score. A lot of Kangaroo questions do not align much with school math and 5-point problems will make many adults think long and hard, too. My kid prepped for a couple of months (1 full test a week), and got 17th rank, 91% percentile or so. He's a 99% MAP student, but without prep, I doubt he'd break into top-20.

Mine never practiced but attended one session of RSM prep session and scored top 20

Anonymous wrote:sounds like a fake test

It is an international math contest.