6th grade students headed to magnet takoma park

[Anonymous]

Just wondering what math your child is taking in 6th grade if going to Takoma park magnet program? Algebra 1 or AIM?

[Anonymous]

No one?

[Anonymous]

In the past on here they only allow aim except for a few outliers. Most of our kids doing algebra in 6th are doing it at the home schools. Mccpta put out a list of what schools allow it.

[Anonymous]

They almost all take Magnet Investigations in Math. There may be a very small number that take Magnet Algebra but I’m not even sure if there are any this year. Those students are the ones that took AIM in fifth grade (rare).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wondering what math your child is taking in 6th grade if going to Takoma park magnet program? Algebra 1 or AIM?

The only kids who take Algebra 1 in 6th come from an ES that offers AIM in 6th. The school generally frowns on this but won't make students repeat AIM. They prefer to go deeper than rushing kids through to Calc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They almost all take Magnet Investigations in Math. There may be a very small number that take Magnet Algebra but I’m not even sure if there are any this year. Those students are the ones that took AIM in fifth grade (rare).

There are a few that come from wealthy Potomac schools like Coldspring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They almost all take Magnet Investigations in Math. There may be a very small number that take Magnet Algebra but I’m not even sure if there are any this year. Those students are the ones that took AIM in fifth grade (rare).

There are a few that come from wealthy Potomac schools like Coldspring.

Enough with making it all up.

[Anonymous]

From the presentation, it doesn’t sound like it is easy to get placement in Magnet Algebra.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From the presentation, it doesn’t sound like it is easy to get placement in Magnet Algebra.

You take it in 7th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They almost all take Magnet Investigations in Math. There may be a very small number that take Magnet Algebra but I’m not even sure if there are any this year. Those students are the ones that took AIM in fifth grade (rare).

Yes, they all take magnet investigations except those who come from a wealthy school that offers aim classes at their ES in fifth grade. I wouldn't describe them as outliers since many have lower map m scores than students from other schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From the presentation, it doesn’t sound like it is easy to get placement in Magnet Algebra.

I thought it was automatic, but we did get a letter before the beginning of 7th grade confirming my kid was placed in magnet algebra. As far as I know no magnet student was placed elsewhere (apart from the kids who were placed in geometry in 7th).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They almost all take Magnet Investigations in Math. There may be a very small number that take Magnet Algebra but I’m not even sure if there are any this year. Those students are the ones that took AIM in fifth grade (rare).

Yes, they all take magnet investigations except those who come from a wealthy school that offers aim classes at their ES in fifth grade. I wouldn't describe them as outliers since many have lower map m scores than students from other schools.

I didn’t describe them as outliers. They just had the opportunity to take AIM a year early. There are very few of them and TPMS discourages it.

[Anonymous]

I don't think any school has a 5th grade AIM class. A few outliers take AIM *virtually* in 5th or (extremely rarely) 4th. Most kids who end up in Alg 1 in 6th (non TPMS, at schools that allow it) qualify via MAP score after taking Compacted Math 5/6 in 5th grade. They qualify for Alg 1 due to home study or external classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think any school has a 5th grade AIM class. A few outliers take AIM *virtually* in 5th or (extremely rarely) 4th. Most kids who end up in Alg 1 in 6th (non TPMS, at schools that allow it) qualify via MAP score after taking Compacted Math 5/6 in 5th grade. They qualify for Alg 1 due to home study or external classes.

Not true. TPMS absolutely will not move kids into algebra in 6th due to MAP scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the presentation, it doesn’t sound like it is easy to get placement in Magnet Algebra.

You take it in 7th.

Right. It's not easy to get placed in it as a 6th grader.