Anyone wavering on whether or not to do Algebra in 7th
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Anonymous
This is dangerous. Getting a B in math means some material was not mastered. But later material depends on earlier material. It's not like English or History where you can miss some stuff and move on. |
Anonymous
22 FCPS 6th graders tool the algebra 1 SOL in the 2021-2022 school year: https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/apex/f?p=152:1:::::p_session_id,p_application_name:-797246205682341769,testresults |
Anonymous
Well then, don't be a thief and tell us |
Anonymous
Why don't you tell her this and ask her to help you make sense of her highschool future by researching the highschool math pathway and presenting it to you in a way that clears your doubts? That'll give her a chance to not only convince you, but also to display her work ethic and executive function skills |
Anonymous
In a system as big as FCPS, that's essentially a rounding error |
Anonymous
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For 2021-2022, there were 2042 FCPS 8th graders taking Geometry and another 221 taking Algebra II. Among those, 150 of the kids in 8th grade Geometry and 11 in Algebra II are marked as 'disadvantaged.'
If she's in the top 15% of FCPS math students, she should be fine in 7th grade Algebra. |
Anonymous
South Lakes HS is IB and has classes beyond the IB math class. I know of kids there who took dual enrollment math as Seniors. Just look at your high schools math offerings. |
Anonymous
It is a small number, but it's no error. The number isn't 0, and that's because it's possible, if extremely rare |
Anonymous
Uh oh. Somebody is throwing in facts - a few more of those and this thread will be canceled like other "Algebra in 6th grade" threads previously. Treading on thin ice here, a few more facts from the same source regarding the 2021/22 school year, for VA as a whole: Grade 6: accounting for 0.12% of test takers, Pass Rate: 98.41% (73.81% advanced) Grade 7: accounting for 10.4% of test takers, Pass Rate: 96.78% (34.93% advanced) Grade 8: accounting for 28.9% of test takers, Pass Rate: 89.48% (14.57% advanced) Grade 9: accounting for 49.5% of test takers, Pass Rate: 76.10% (1.91% advanced) Grade 10 and older account for the rest of 11.1%. Only 3 middle schools in the state had more than 10 students taking the SOL in 6th grade (one in Henrico county, 2 in Hampton City). Only 3 divisions in the state had more than 21 students taking the SOL in 6th grade (FCPS, Hampton CIty, and Henrico County). |
Anonymous
Interesting to see the large increase from Alg I 6th to Alg II in 8th |
Anonymous
This may have been down due to VMPI, and also COVID. LCPS had 3 that year, much higher this year. |
Anonymous
I think these would be higher in previous years. |
Anonymous
Probably because some kids take Geometry during the summer between 7th and 8th grade hoping that it will help them with TJ applications. That was the first year that the application changed which would have caught families off guard. |
Anonymous
You would have to compare to Algebra 1 two years prior, which was likely higher, but also lots of kids take summer geometry. |
Anonymous
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Why doea the report show
~8000 students in Geometry (all grades, through 12) but only ~3000 in Algebra II? Surely most of the Geometry students in grade <=9 continue to Algebra 2. https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/apex/f?p=152:1:16274727012747:SHOW_REPORT:::: |