Humanities major again - I understand the year of Calculus in HS. I am wondering why the 2nd year is necessary in HS - even for a STEM major. Wouldn't the math instruction be better in college?

Anonymous wrote:Forgive this question from a humanities major: what do people do with all this math? I am not even clear why a year after calculus in high school is needed.

OK, I'll try not to be snarky here.. but what do you think all the STEM majors study in college? Advanced math and science. If you are not going to be a STEM major, then I agree, no need for higher math after Calc., but a lot of top tier LA colleges also want to see that a person has been sufficiently challenged in math. I think for most majors in college, you need to have taken Calc.

Anonymous wrote:Forgive this question from a humanities major: what do people do with all this math? I am not even clear why a year after calculus in high school is needed.

It isn't. And I would love to hear how MCPS plans to get all these kids through calculus when so many can't even pass Algebra.

Forgive this question from a humanities major: what do people do with all this math? I am not even clear why a year after calculus in high school is needed.

Anonymous wrote:The Median quantitative score at Cold Spring is crazy high.

Majority go to after school math tutoring.

The Median quantitative score at Cold Spring is crazy high.

Anonymous wrote:Interesting. Seems like an odd difference among HGCs.

Yes, who knows why.

Interesting. Seems like an odd difference among HGCs.

Try reading PP again, not what she said. But always fun to roll your eyes when your reading comprehension is lacking.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is in enriched math in 3rd (states on report card) and will be in Compacted Math or whatever it will be called for 4th-5th. Different things. I was not notified about the enriched math in 3rd--presumably that decision was made based on MAP-M and Inview scores.

How do you know this--have parents in all schools already been notified about next year? We have a third-grader and have not been told anything.

No, sorry. DC will attend an HGC where the whole cohort takes CM.

That is not true. The home school decides cm. Not all kids at the HGCs are in accelerated math.

At Cold Spring, all 55 kids take compacted math. We were told this at orientation, and it is printed on our handout.

Not at all HGC, that was PP's point.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is in enriched math in 3rd (states on report card) and will be in Compacted Math or whatever it will be called for 4th-5th. Different things. I was not notified about the enriched math in 3rd--presumably that decision was made based on MAP-M and Inview scores.

How do you know this--have parents in all schools already been notified about next year? We have a third-grader and have not been told anything.

No, sorry. DC will attend an HGC where the whole cohort takes CM.

That is not true. The home school decides cm. Not all kids at the HGCs are in accelerated math.

At Cold Spring, all 55 kids take compacted math. We were told this at orientation, and it is printed on our handout.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is in enriched math in 3rd (states on report card) and will be in Compacted Math or whatever it will be called for 4th-5th. Different things. I was not notified about the enriched math in 3rd--presumably that decision was made based on MAP-M and Inview scores.

How do you know this--have parents in all schools already been notified about next year? We have a third-grader and have not been told anything.

No, sorry. DC will attend an HGC where the whole cohort takes CM.

That is not true. The home school decides cm. Not all kids at the HGCs are in accelerated math.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is in enriched math in 3rd (states on report card) and will be in Compacted Math or whatever it will be called for 4th-5th. Different things. I was not notified about the enriched math in 3rd--presumably that decision was made based on MAP-M and Inview scores.

How do you know this--have parents in all schools already been notified about next year? We have a third-grader and have not been told anything.

No, sorry. DC will attend an HGC where the whole cohort takes CM.

No - the county has not announced the cut-off score or the plan for broadening the criteria as announced by the BOE, so there is nothing official on 4/5 math for next year. However, teachers could make a good guess if a student knocked the assessment out of the park and got a perfect or near perfect score.

Anonymous wrote:My DC is in enriched math in 3rd (states on report card) and will be in Compacted Math or whatever it will be called for 4th-5th. Different things. I was not notified about the enriched math in 3rd--presumably that decision was made based on MAP-M and Inview scores.

How do you know this--have parents in all schools already been notified about next year? We have a third-grader and have not been told anything.