Can a sixth grader take algebra 1?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at TPMS in 6th - non magnet in AIM. The class took a placement test last week, so I would not be surprised if some of the outliers were contacted by the school to do further testing and possibly move them to Algebra. I don't think the poster saying they were contacted by the math placement teacher is lying. If it hasn't been done in years past, maybe they are trying something different this year since many of the math outliers were not accepted into the magnet because of the lottery.

For the record - the kids were told the test was to get an idea of where their level was for math. So it could also be just that - to see where they are at.

Yes, it's not for placement. They only do that for students who already took AIM. In fact, you could have a perfect MAP score and without AIM you would not get Algebra in 6th. You need to attend an affluent school in Potomac if you want that.

Or, a poor school in another area. This was one reason we weren't interested in TPMS.

You'd have to look in another county. The only schools that anyone has mentioned are Frost and Cold Spring.

No, I don't as I have a child who did it in 6th not at those schools.

[Anonymous]

There were only a handful of 6th graders taking Alg1 at Frost last year. 2 in my kids class. Definitely not a whole class of 6th graders. And it’s not listed in any of the course bulletins as an official option you can select. Maybe it used to be, but not anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There were only a handful of 6th graders taking Alg1 at Frost last year. 2 in my kids class. Definitely not a whole class of 6th graders. And it’s not listed in any of the course bulletins as an official option you can select. Maybe it used to be, but not anymore.

At our school, they are mixed in with 7th graders. Its not a separate class.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at TPMS in 6th - non magnet in AIM. The class took a placement test last week, so I would not be surprised if some of the outliers were contacted by the school to do further testing and possibly move them to Algebra. I don't think the poster saying they were contacted by the math placement teacher is lying. If it hasn't been done in years past, maybe they are trying something different this year since many of the math outliers were not accepted into the magnet because of the lottery.

For the record - the kids were told the test was to get an idea of where their level was for math. So it could also be just that - to see where they are at.

Yes, it's not for placement. They only do that for students who already took AIM. In fact, you could have a perfect MAP score and without AIM you would not get Algebra in 6th. You need to attend an affluent school in Potomac if you want that.

Or, a poor school in another area. This was one reason we weren't interested in TPMS.

TPMS won't accelerate kids like that. They prefer to go deeper in the magnet classes by covering topics that most students won't encounter until college. Even in non-magnet math they want to ensure that students have a solid foundation and allocate 2X the time to math than any other subject unlike other schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at TPMS in 6th - non magnet in AIM. The class took a placement test last week, so I would not be surprised if some of the outliers were contacted by the school to do further testing and possibly move them to Algebra. I don't think the poster saying they were contacted by the math placement teacher is lying. If it hasn't been done in years past, maybe they are trying something different this year since many of the math outliers were not accepted into the magnet because of the lottery.

For the record - the kids were told the test was to get an idea of where their level was for math. So it could also be just that - to see where they are at.

Yes, it's not for placement. They only do that for students who already took AIM. In fact, you could have a perfect MAP score and without AIM you would not get Algebra in 6th. You need to attend an affluent school in Potomac if you want that.

Or, a poor school in another area. This was one reason we weren't interested in TPMS.

TPMS won't accelerate kids like that. They prefer to go deeper in the magnet classes by covering topics that most students won't encounter until college. Even in non-magnet math they want to ensure that students have a solid foundation and allocate 2X the time to math than any other subject unlike other schools.

This is one of the reasons my Math loving kid likes TPMS so much - because they have the double period math (i.e. they get to have math on both odd and even days). They have time to go deeper into the math and cover it well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There were only a handful of 6th graders taking Alg1 at Frost last year. 2 in my kids class. Definitely not a whole class of 6th graders. And it’s not listed in any of the course bulletins as an official option you can select. Maybe it used to be, but not anymore.

At our school, they are mixed in with 7th graders. Its not a separate class.

OK, so it sounds like Frost is handling it the same way as Eastern, TPMS, and Newport Mill. Maybe MCPS has taken some steps to standardize this process, which means that folks commenting about what their child did two/three/seven years ago is not relevant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There were only a handful of 6th graders taking Alg1 at Frost last year. 2 in my kids class. Definitely not a whole class of 6th graders. And it’s not listed in any of the course bulletins as an official option you can select. Maybe it used to be, but not anymore.

At our school, they are mixed in with 7th graders. Its not a separate class.

OK, so it sounds like Frost is handling it the same way as Eastern, TPMS, and Newport Mill. Maybe MCPS has taken some steps to standardize this process, which means that folks commenting about what their child did two/three/seven years ago is not relevant.

Yes, both Eastern and TPMS are making these accommodations just for the Cold Spring kids that took AIM in 5th. Don't know about any other schools offering this aside from Frost.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at TPMS in 6th - non magnet in AIM. The class took a placement test last week, so I would not be surprised if some of the outliers were contacted by the school to do further testing and possibly move them to Algebra. I don't think the poster saying they were contacted by the math placement teacher is lying. If it hasn't been done in years past, maybe they are trying something different this year since many of the math outliers were not accepted into the magnet because of the lottery.

For the record - the kids were told the test was to get an idea of where their level was for math. So it could also be just that - to see where they are at.

Yes, it's not for placement. They only do that for students who already took AIM. In fact, you could have a perfect MAP score and without AIM you would not get Algebra in 6th. You need to attend an affluent school in Potomac if you want that.

Or, a poor school in another area. This was one reason we weren't interested in TPMS.

TPMS won't accelerate kids like that. They prefer to go deeper in the magnet classes by covering topics that most students won't encounter until college. Even in non-magnet math they want to ensure that students have a solid foundation and allocate 2X the time to math than any other subject unlike other schools.

This is one of the reasons my Math loving kid likes TPMS so much - because they have the double period math (i.e. they get to have math on both odd and even days). They have time to go deeper into the math and cover it well.

TPMS has the strongest MS math program in the county.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were only a handful of 6th graders taking Alg1 at Frost last year. 2 in my kids class. Definitely not a whole class of 6th graders. And it’s not listed in any of the course bulletins as an official option you can select. Maybe it used to be, but not anymore.

At our school, they are mixed in with 7th graders. Its not a separate class.

OK, so it sounds like Frost is handling it the same way as Eastern, TPMS, and Newport Mill. Maybe MCPS has taken some steps to standardize this process, which means that folks commenting about what their child did two/three/seven years ago is not relevant.

Yes, both Eastern and TPMS are making these accommodations just for the Cold Spring kids that took AIM in 5th. Don't know about any other schools offering this aside from Frost.

But we just heard from a current Frost parent that they are NOT offering a separate class just for Cold Spring kids. Those handful of kids are being mixed in with 7th graders. Which means Frost is the same.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were only a handful of 6th graders taking Alg1 at Frost last year. 2 in my kids class. Definitely not a whole class of 6th graders. And it’s not listed in any of the course bulletins as an official option you can select. Maybe it used to be, but not anymore.

At our school, they are mixed in with 7th graders. Its not a separate class.

OK, so it sounds like Frost is handling it the same way as Eastern, TPMS, and Newport Mill. Maybe MCPS has taken some steps to standardize this process, which means that folks commenting about what their child did two/three/seven years ago is not relevant.

Yes, both Eastern and TPMS are making these accommodations just for the Cold Spring kids that took AIM in 5th. Don't know about any other schools offering this aside from Frost.

Seriously, you're an idiot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were only a handful of 6th graders taking Alg1 at Frost last year. 2 in my kids class. Definitely not a whole class of 6th graders. And it’s not listed in any of the course bulletins as an official option you can select. Maybe it used to be, but not anymore.

At our school, they are mixed in with 7th graders. Its not a separate class.

OK, so it sounds like Frost is handling it the same way as Eastern, TPMS, and Newport Mill. Maybe MCPS has taken some steps to standardize this process, which means that folks commenting about what their child did two/three/seven years ago is not relevant.

Yes, both Eastern and TPMS are making these accommodations just for the Cold Spring kids that took AIM in 5th. Don't know about any other schools offering this aside from Frost.

There was a poster making wild claims that they refused to substantiate, but I wrote it off as a crank since they refused to provide any details.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were only a handful of 6th graders taking Alg1 at Frost last year. 2 in my kids class. Definitely not a whole class of 6th graders. And it’s not listed in any of the course bulletins as an official option you can select. Maybe it used to be, but not anymore.

At our school, they are mixed in with 7th graders. Its not a separate class.

OK, so it sounds like Frost is handling it the same way as Eastern, TPMS, and Newport Mill. Maybe MCPS has taken some steps to standardize this process, which means that folks commenting about what their child did two/three/seven years ago is not relevant.

Yes, both Eastern and TPMS are making these accommodations just for the Cold Spring kids that took AIM in 5th. Don't know about any other schools offering this aside from Frost.

Seriously, you're an idiot.

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Really just stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were only a handful of 6th graders taking Alg1 at Frost last year. 2 in my kids class. Definitely not a whole class of 6th graders. And it’s not listed in any of the course bulletins as an official option you can select. Maybe it used to be, but not anymore.

At our school, they are mixed in with 7th graders. Its not a separate class.

OK, so it sounds like Frost is handling it the same way as Eastern, TPMS, and Newport Mill. Maybe MCPS has taken some steps to standardize this process, which means that folks commenting about what their child did two/three/seven years ago is not relevant.

Newport Mills I don't think has it. We aren't at Frost, Eastern, TPMS or any of the schools you think we are at.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There were only a handful of 6th graders taking Alg1 at Frost last year. 2 in my kids class. Definitely not a whole class of 6th graders. And it’s not listed in any of the course bulletins as an official option you can select. Maybe it used to be, but not anymore.

At our school, they are mixed in with 7th graders. Its not a separate class.

OK, so it sounds like Frost is handling it the same way as Eastern, TPMS, and Newport Mill. Maybe MCPS has taken some steps to standardize this process, which means that folks commenting about what their child did two/three/seven years ago is not relevant.

Yes, both Eastern and TPMS are making these accommodations just for the Cold Spring kids that took AIM in 5th. Don't know about any other schools offering this aside from Frost.

There was a poster making wild claims that they refused to substantiate, but I wrote it off as a crank since they refused to provide any details.

Why does it matter? Are you going to move your kid from your rich family school to a low income school? No, because if you wanted to you would have. Some schools ARE offering this as a way to bring smarter kids into the schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There were only a handful of 6th graders taking Alg1 at Frost last year. 2 in my kids class. Definitely not a whole class of 6th graders. And it’s not listed in any of the course bulletins as an official option you can select. Maybe it used to be, but not anymore.

At our school, they are mixed in with 7th graders. Its not a separate class.

OK, so it sounds like Frost is handling it the same way as Eastern, TPMS, and Newport Mill. Maybe MCPS has taken some steps to standardize this process, which means that folks commenting about what their child did two/three/seven years ago is not relevant.

Yes, both Eastern and TPMS are making these accommodations just for the Cold Spring kids that took AIM in 5th. Don't know about any other schools offering this aside from Frost.

But we just heard from a current Frost parent that they are NOT offering a separate class just for Cold Spring kids. Those handful of kids are being mixed in with 7th graders. Which means Frost is the same.

This is how the other schools have done it. Usually they try to keep them with 7th graders, but sometimes its a mixed 6-8th class. The issue comes in with Algebra 2 and will the school offer an Algebra 2 class or do you have to go to the high school or virtual for it.