Anonymous
Post 02/05/2021 00:27     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
Anonymous wrote:I did some quick searching on DCC schools, and then added other schools I could think of. This information can't easily be found on all schools' websites. What I think is strange is how they use slightly different names for all these classes. Looks like lots of DCC schools not offering AIM.

Argyle:
Acc Math 6
Math investigations (for compacted math students)

Cabin John:
Math 6+
Applied IM

Eastern:
Math 6,
Math 6+
AIM
Algebra I

Farquhar:
MATH 6 (1005)
ACCELERATED MATH 6 PLUS COURSE (1003)

Lee:
Math 6
Math 6+

Loiderman:
Math 6+
Math 7

Newport Mill:
LearnZillion/Illustrative Mathematics 6 (1005)
Accelerated Mathematics 6 Plus Course (AMP+) (1015)

North Bethesda
Grade 6 Math
Applied Investigations in Mathematics

Parkland
Mathematics 6
IM 6/7

Silver Spring International MS
math pathways for 6th graders starting in fall '21 are:
LearnZillion Math 6-->on track for Algebra 1 in 9th
LearnZillion Math 7-->on track for Algebra 1 in 8th
Applied Investigations in Math 6 (AIM)-->on track for Algebra 1 in 7th

Silver Creek MS
Grade 6 Math
Applied Investigations in Math 6 (AIM)
Takoma Park
Grade 6 Math
Accelerated Math 6 Plus
AIM

Westland:
AIM
Accelerated Math 6 +
Math 6
Math 180


Math 6+ is accelerated or AIM.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 23:39     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
IM6 is available at my son's new middle school. The slide they shared with us (5th-grade parents) made it clear that it's for kids currently in compacted math. The other option is Math 6+.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 22:54     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
Anonymous wrote:Well it's about time they stopped trying to make everything cookie cutter. Its the sad truth that kids in some schools are better prepared than others. Punishing those who work harder is going to be the death of this entire county... and I say that as a progressive liberal. What we've been doing isn't fixing the problem.


Middle-class kids with educated parents are ahead in math because they work harder?
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 22:49     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm not going to freak out until we hear this from MCPS.

If nothing else, it doesn't make any sense. If *everyone* is having learning loss, then the kids currently in Math 5 won't be ready for Math 6 anyway.

But we know learning loss is concentrated among the kids who were struggling anyway. It's not equally distributed across the entire county. So putting kids who have finished Math 5/6 into Math 6 with kids who haven't been in school since Math 4 is just going to create more problems than it solves.


You make so much sense, but MCPS is not making a lot of sense these days so who knows what they are planning. I will flip out if my child has to repeat Math 6 next year.


Our middle school is calling it math6+ for those who were in compacted then they would take math 7+ and algebra in 8th. But it looks like math 6+ is still math 6, just more in depth. Also these kids will end up being a whole year behind in math by high school.


Math 6+ was originally presented as being *in addition to* AIM.

What do you mean that the kids would be behind, by the way? Algebra in 9th is the national norm for "on track" kids, and Algebra in 8th is the national norm for "advanced" kids.


It’s not the norm for advanced students in our W pyramid. DC is currently in 8th and is in hon geometry, algebra is 7th.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 22:39     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
I really do hope that all schools will have 3 options- one for AIM, one for Math 6+ (I think this has been needed for some time), and one for Math 6.

Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 22:32     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
Anonymous wrote:Is this true? Are they obligated to have all levels at each school?

They have the secret advanced math classes at the "W" feeder schools.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 22:00     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Wow, thanks for putting this together. This is an eye opener to the inequalities at MCPS. I can’t believe I actually believed that the curriculum would be the same throughout MCPS and it didn’t really matter which school we were in.


What inequalities are you seeing?

MCPS is obligated to offer all three tracks: Math 6, Math 6 plus, and AIM, and that remedial math class.

Sometimes they don't put them all on their websites, and as you can see, they don't all use the same names. Parents have to ask for Algebra, and depending on the MS math department chair or Principal, that can be test-in, and they may give you more or less pushback.




Is this true? Are they obligated to have all levels at each school?


They don’t for other classes, so I don’t see why math would be different. I’m amazed at how much variability there is between schools.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 21:46     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Wow, thanks for putting this together. This is an eye opener to the inequalities at MCPS. I can’t believe I actually believed that the curriculum would be the same throughout MCPS and it didn’t really matter which school we were in.


What inequalities are you seeing?

MCPS is obligated to offer all three tracks: Math 6, Math 6 plus, and AIM, and that remedial math class.

Sometimes they don't put them all on their websites, and as you can see, they don't all use the same names. Parents have to ask for Algebra, and depending on the MS math department chair or Principal, that can be test-in, and they may give you more or less pushback.




Is this true? Are they obligated to have all levels at each school?
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 21:40     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I did some quick searching on DCC schools, and then added other schools I could think of. This information can't easily be found on all schools' websites. What I think is strange is how they use slightly different names for all these classes. Looks like lots of DCC schools not offering AIM.

Argyle:
Acc Math 6
Math investigations (for compacted math students)

Cabin John:
Math 6+
Applied IM

Eastern:
Math 6,
Math 6+
AIM
Algebra I

Farquhar:
MATH 6 (1005)
ACCELERATED MATH 6 PLUS COURSE (1003)

Lee:
Math 6
Math 6+

Loiderman:
Math 6+
Math 7

Newport Mill:
LearnZillion/Illustrative Mathematics 6 (1005)
Accelerated Mathematics 6 Plus Course (AMP+) (1015)

North Bethesda
Grade 6 Math
Applied Investigations in Mathematics

Parkland
Mathematics 6
IM 6/7

Silver Spring International MS
math pathways for 6th graders starting in fall '21 are:
LearnZillion Math 6-->on track for Algebra 1 in 9th
LearnZillion Math 7-->on track for Algebra 1 in 8th
Applied Investigations in Math 6 (AIM)-->on track for Algebra 1 in 7th

Silver Creek MS
Grade 6 Math
Applied Investigations in Math 6 (AIM)
Takoma Park
Grade 6 Math
Accelerated Math 6 Plus
AIM

Westland:
AIM
Accelerated Math 6 +
Math 6
Math 180


Wow, thanks for putting this together. This is an eye opener to the inequalities at MCPS. I can’t believe I actually believed that the curriculum would be the same throughout MCPS and it didn’t really matter which school we were in.

It's obvious you don't know what a curriculum is
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 21:38     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
Well it's about time they stopped trying to make everything cookie cutter. Its the sad truth that kids in some schools are better prepared than others. Punishing those who work harder is going to be the death of this entire county... and I say that as a progressive liberal. What we've been doing isn't fixing the problem.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 21:37     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
Anonymous wrote:

Wow, thanks for putting this together. This is an eye opener to the inequalities at MCPS. I can’t believe I actually believed that the curriculum would be the same throughout MCPS and it didn’t really matter which school we were in.


What inequalities are you seeing?

MCPS is obligated to offer all three tracks: Math 6, Math 6 plus, and AIM, and that remedial math class.

Sometimes they don't put them all on their websites, and as you can see, they don't all use the same names. Parents have to ask for Algebra, and depending on the MS math department chair or Principal, that can be test-in, and they may give you more or less pushback.

Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 21:28     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
Anonymous wrote:I did some quick searching on DCC schools, and then added other schools I could think of. This information can't easily be found on all schools' websites. What I think is strange is how they use slightly different names for all these classes. Looks like lots of DCC schools not offering AIM.

Argyle:
Acc Math 6
Math investigations (for compacted math students)

Cabin John:
Math 6+
Applied IM

Eastern:
Math 6,
Math 6+
AIM
Algebra I

Farquhar:
MATH 6 (1005)
ACCELERATED MATH 6 PLUS COURSE (1003)

Lee:
Math 6
Math 6+

Loiderman:
Math 6+
Math 7

Newport Mill:
LearnZillion/Illustrative Mathematics 6 (1005)
Accelerated Mathematics 6 Plus Course (AMP+) (1015)

North Bethesda
Grade 6 Math
Applied Investigations in Mathematics

Parkland
Mathematics 6
IM 6/7

Silver Spring International MS
math pathways for 6th graders starting in fall '21 are:
LearnZillion Math 6-->on track for Algebra 1 in 9th
LearnZillion Math 7-->on track for Algebra 1 in 8th
Applied Investigations in Math 6 (AIM)-->on track for Algebra 1 in 7th

Silver Creek MS
Grade 6 Math
Applied Investigations in Math 6 (AIM)
Takoma Park
Grade 6 Math
Accelerated Math 6 Plus
AIM

Westland:
AIM
Accelerated Math 6 +
Math 6
Math 180


Wow, thanks for putting this together. This is an eye opener to the inequalities at MCPS. I can’t believe I actually believed that the curriculum would be the same throughout MCPS and it didn’t really matter which school we were in.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 19:13     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
I did some quick searching on DCC schools, and then added other schools I could think of. This information can't easily be found on all schools' websites. What I think is strange is how they use slightly different names for all these classes. Looks like lots of DCC schools not offering AIM.

Argyle:
Acc Math 6
Math investigations (for compacted math students)

Cabin John:
Math 6+
Applied IM

Eastern:
Math 6,
Math 6+
AIM
Algebra I

Farquhar:
MATH 6 (1005)
ACCELERATED MATH 6 PLUS COURSE (1003)

Lee:
Math 6
Math 6+

Loiderman:
Math 6+
Math 7

Newport Mill:
LearnZillion/Illustrative Mathematics 6 (1005)
Accelerated Mathematics 6 Plus Course (AMP+) (1015)

North Bethesda
Grade 6 Math
Applied Investigations in Mathematics

Parkland
Mathematics 6
IM 6/7

Silver Spring International MS
math pathways for 6th graders starting in fall '21 are:
LearnZillion Math 6-->on track for Algebra 1 in 9th
LearnZillion Math 7-->on track for Algebra 1 in 8th
Applied Investigations in Math 6 (AIM)-->on track for Algebra 1 in 7th

Silver Creek MS
Grade 6 Math
Applied Investigations in Math 6 (AIM)
Takoma Park
Grade 6 Math
Accelerated Math 6 Plus
AIM

Westland:
AIM
Accelerated Math 6 +
Math 6
Math 180
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 18:48     Subject: MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS

Westland MS, at their information session prior to course registration, still had the following pathways:

AIM6 - Algebra - Honors Geometry (for those in compacted math or at that level)

Accelerated Math 6 Plus - Accelerated Math 7 Plus - Algebra

Math 6 - Math 7 - Math 8




Anonymous
Post 02/04/2021 18:11     Subject: Re:MCPS New Math Pathway, No AIM6 in MS
Anonymous wrote:This has become the site of rumors and misinformation. OP, may I ask why you haven’t contacted the school? Surely they can answer this one.


I disagree. Actually I find that I get pretty decent information on here. I find out about things here that are later verified by the school or by our principal.

At any rate, this is pretty frustrating. Didn’t MCPS just implement AIM two years ago??

If MCPS would simply implement a good, solid curriculum, with reasonable implementation, it would be such an improvement.

We cannot afford private, but have decided to pay for outside Math education for our kids. MCPS has dropped the ball on math education for about the past decade or so, IMO.