Why the push for accelerated math?

[Anonymous]

Why are people debating semantics?
Kids who are 0.5-1.5 SD above the norm belong in a mildly accelerated path, which is 12th grade calculus. Kids who are +1.5-2.5 SD belong on a more accelerated path. And so on. This is pretty close to the way FCPS already handles math.

It’s absurd to suggest that kids ranging from barely above average through the 98th or 98th percentile would all be well served and have their needs met in the same math class.

[Anonymous]

Numbers can be difficult for some

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are people debating semantics?
Kids who are 0.5-1.5 SD above the norm belong in a mildly accelerated path, which is 12th grade calculus. Kids who are +1.5-2.5 SD belong on a more accelerated path. And so on. This is pretty close to the way FCPS already handles math.

It’s absurd to suggest that kids ranging from barely above average through the 98th or 98th percentile would all be well served and have their needs met in the same math class.

There's gen ed, advanced, and accelerated. Gen Ed is precalc by 12th, advanced is calc bc by 12th, and accelerated is Multivariable Calculus by 12th. Additionally, any of them do ap statistics on the side as an additional elective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are people debating semantics?
Kids who are 0.5-1.5 SD above the norm belong in a mildly accelerated path, which is 12th grade calculus. Kids who are +1.5-2.5 SD belong on a more accelerated path. And so on. This is pretty close to the way FCPS already handles math.

It’s absurd to suggest that kids ranging from barely above average through the 98th or 98th percentile would all be well served and have their needs met in the same math class.

Nobody is suggesting that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people debating semantics?
Kids who are 0.5-1.5 SD above the norm belong in a mildly accelerated path, which is 12th grade calculus. Kids who are +1.5-2.5 SD belong on a more accelerated path. And so on. This is pretty close to the way FCPS already handles math.

It’s absurd to suggest that kids ranging from barely above average through the 98th or 98th percentile would all be well served and have their needs met in the same math class.

There's gen ed, advanced, and accelerated. Gen Ed is precalc by 12th, advanced is calc bc by 12th, and accelerated is Multivariable Calculus by 12th. Additionally, any of them do ap statistics on the side as an additional elective.

LOL. Love how you’re just making up definitions there.

“Accelerated” simply means taking any class above class level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Numbers can be difficult for some

Particularly MAGAs…

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Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, around 10% take Algebra 1 in 7th, around 40 kids take it in 6th, and around 1-3 kids take it before 6th. Those numbers seem appropriate. FCPS already strongly gatekeeps the paths leading to Algebra before 7th. There isn’t a problem with math acceleration in FCPS. They’re pretty spot on.

That sounds fine to me. Kids who don't accelerate, the majority, take Calculus senior year. Perfectly appropriate.

Taking calculus senior year is accelerating one year.

That's your opinion. Expectation for most college bound students is calculus by senior year. STEM interested kids should go further. Kids with no interest in college don't need it. There is no one track for everyone where you can deem what is accelerated and by how much. Your opinion doesn't matter.

LOL. It’s not an “opinion”. That’s just how the math pathways work. Calculus is a college-level subject.

The expectation for college-bound kids is to accelerate by at least one year.

LoL. About 300,000 high school students take AP Calculus exam each year. That is normal, not acceleration!

Equity minimalists are foolishly trying to convince students not to learn calculus as part of their normal and non-accelerated pace of learning, when hundreds of thousands are already learning it successfully.

Liar.

No one here is trying to convince kids to not take calculus.

Calculus is an accelerated path. It’s not even debatable even though idiotic RWNJ trolls want to debate it.

Calculus in high school is not accelerated according to fcps or any other high school.

You seem vocabulary challenged, repeating the same few words: liar, rwnj, wealthy feeders, cheating, test buying, prep, question bank, etc., and your obsession of all - Curie!

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Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, around 10% take Algebra 1 in 7th, around 40 kids take it in 6th, and around 1-3 kids take it before 6th. Those numbers seem appropriate. FCPS already strongly gatekeeps the paths leading to Algebra before 7th. There isn’t a problem with math acceleration in FCPS. They’re pretty spot on.

That sounds fine to me. Kids who don't accelerate, the majority, take Calculus senior year. Perfectly appropriate.

Taking calculus senior year is accelerating one year.

That's your opinion. Expectation for most college bound students is calculus by senior year. STEM interested kids should go further. Kids with no interest in college don't need it. There is no one track for everyone where you can deem what is accelerated and by how much. Your opinion doesn't matter.

LOL. It’s not an “opinion”. That’s just how the math pathways work. Calculus is a college-level subject.

The expectation for college-bound kids is to accelerate by at least one year.

LoL. About 300,000 high school students take AP Calculus exam each year. That is normal, not acceleration!

Equity minimalists are foolishly trying to convince students not to learn calculus as part of their normal and non-accelerated pace of learning, when hundreds of thousands are already learning it successfully.

Liar.

No one here is trying to convince kids to not take calculus.

Calculus is an accelerated path. It’s not even debatable even though idiotic RWNJ trolls want to debate it.

Calculus in high school is not accelerated according to fcps or any other high school.

You seem vocabulary challenged, repeating the same few words: liar, rwnj, wealthy feeders, cheating, test buying, prep, question bank, etc., and your obsession of all - Curie!

You are dumb AF. Typical for RWNJ trash.

[Anonymous]

For the dumb ass RWNJ troll who doesn’t know what “accelerated” means:

Pg 24 https://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/9UGLF242CE53/$file/Math%20Study%20-%20Final%20Report%20v14%20lzh.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the dumb ass RWNJ troll who doesn’t know what “accelerated” means:

Pg 24 https://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/9UGLF242CE53/$file/Math%20Study%20-%20Final%20Report%20v14%20lzh.pdf

Typical woke findings from 2014. Rejected by board.

AP Calculus had been normal progression for many years now. Not considered accelerated, just normal.

https://www.fcps.edu/academics/graduation-requirements-and-course-planning/high-school-course-sequencing/mathematics

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Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, around 10% take Algebra 1 in 7th, around 40 kids take it in 6th, and around 1-3 kids take it before 6th. Those numbers seem appropriate. FCPS already strongly gatekeeps the paths leading to Algebra before 7th. There isn’t a problem with math acceleration in FCPS. They’re pretty spot on.

That sounds fine to me. Kids who don't accelerate, the majority, take Calculus senior year. Perfectly appropriate.

Taking calculus senior year is accelerating one year.

That's your opinion. Expectation for most college bound students is calculus by senior year. STEM interested kids should go further. Kids with no interest in college don't need it. There is no one track for everyone where you can deem what is accelerated and by how much. Your opinion doesn't matter.

LOL. It’s not an “opinion”. That’s just how the math pathways work. Calculus is a college-level subject.

The expectation for college-bound kids is to accelerate by at least one year.

Oh, you're one of those Virginia Math Pathways Initiative (VMPI) people. I thought we managed to thoroughly stomp you all out. Give it up. You can't define Calculus as "accelerated" when the goal of most FCPS students is college. It is just the expected track for most people. Quit trying to stunt the growth and education of other peoples' kids.

Here are the K-12 math standards for Virginia.
https://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching-learning-assessment/instruction/mathematics/standards-of-learning-for-mathematics

Where is calculus?

According to the idiotic definition you are trying to apply to "accelerated", anything not required for the minimum possible standard for graduation is accelerated. Art, music, band past elementary school - all accelerated. Guess we need to raise the bar for who gets to take those. Want to take computer science? prove you deserve it first I guess. Hope none of those kids want to play sports outside of the minimum years of PE required to graduate.

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Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, around 10% take Algebra 1 in 7th, around 40 kids take it in 6th, and around 1-3 kids take it before 6th. Those numbers seem appropriate. FCPS already strongly gatekeeps the paths leading to Algebra before 7th. There isn’t a problem with math acceleration in FCPS. They’re pretty spot on.

That sounds fine to me. Kids who don't accelerate, the majority, take Calculus senior year. Perfectly appropriate.

Taking calculus senior year is accelerating one year.

That's your opinion. Expectation for most college bound students is calculus by senior year. STEM interested kids should go further. Kids with no interest in college don't need it. There is no one track for everyone where you can deem what is accelerated and by how much. Your opinion doesn't matter.

LOL. It’s not an “opinion”. That’s just how the math pathways work. Calculus is a college-level subject.

The expectation for college-bound kids is to accelerate by at least one year.

Oh, you're one of those Virginia Math Pathways Initiative (VMPI) people. I thought we managed to thoroughly stomp you all out. Give it up. You can't define Calculus as "accelerated" when the goal of most FCPS students is college. It is just the expected track for most people. Quit trying to stunt the growth and education of other peoples' kids.

Here are the K-12 math standards for Virginia.
https://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching-learning-assessment/instruction/mathematics/standards-of-learning-for-mathematics

Where is calculus?

According to the idiotic definition you are trying to apply to "accelerated", anything not required for the minimum possible standard for graduation is accelerated. Art, music, band past elementary school - all accelerated. Guess we need to raise the bar for who gets to take those. Want to take computer science? prove you deserve it first I guess. Hope none of those kids want to play sports outside of the minimum years of PE required to graduate.

None of those skill areas influence admission into AAP or TJ nearly as much as math does. Learning math requires sustained effort and discipline, and since not everyone is willing to put in that kind of hard work, woke idiots have started pushing the idea that if advanced math—such as calculus—is discouraged from high school, it will reduce the incentive to pursue above-average math in earlier grades. The thinking is that by capping math opportunities at the high school level, math equity can be retroactively achieved in elementary and middle school. This mindset closely mirrors the failed VMPI, which sought to hold all students to a uniform, lower math standard.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For the dumb ass RWNJ troll who doesn’t know what “accelerated” means:

Pg 24 https://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/9UGLF242CE53/$file/Math%20Study%20-%20Final%20Report%20v14%20lzh.pdf

Typical woke findings from 2014. Rejected by board.

AP Calculus had been normal progression for many years now. Not considered accelerated, just normal.

https://www.fcps.edu/academics/graduation-requirements-and-course-planning/high-school-course-sequencing/mathematics

You are the most lame troll ever.

Calculus in HS is accelerated. Period. It's not even up for debate.

It's common for bright kids to accelerate by at least one year but it's still acceleration.

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Anonymous wrote:For the dumb ass RWNJ troll who doesn’t know what “accelerated” means:

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For the dumb shts in the back:

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Anonymous wrote:For the dumb ass RWNJ troll who doesn’t know what “accelerated” means:

Pg 24 https://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/9UGLF242CE53/$file/Math%20Study%20-%20Final%20Report%20v14%20lzh.pdf

For the dumb shts in the back:

This is exactly the kind of woke nonsense that got Superintendent Karen Garza pushed out. Her reports were so far left, even liberals considered them extreme.