New APS Middle School Math Pathways

[Anonymous]

Teachers can make a big difference, especially during programmatic transition years like this.

Does anyone know who is going to be teaching Math 678 at WMS this fall?

My older child had some great math teachers at WMS on the old accelerated track, so I’m hoping we may see one of them again this fall when my younger child starts 678...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My youngest just finished 8th grade so I'm not very tuned into possible changes. But, it wasn't any different for him than it was his older brother who was four years ahead. The question I would ask is what happens after Math 6 for those that don't take the accelerated class in the 6th grade. For both of my kids, you were either recommended for Math 7 or Math 8 (pre-Algebra) in the 7th grade followed by Intensified Algebra if you were ready in the 8th grade.

Next year - 6 th graders that did Marh 7 are going into Intensified Algebra I in 7th grade. The kids going into 8th did not jump this path. They had “intro to Algebra” in 7th and will be in Intensified Algebra in 8th. Next year’s 7th graders will be in Intensified Geometry in 8th—essentially moved a year up.

[Anonymous]

Anyone else have a 5th grader in APS who scored over 1200 on Math Inventory, over 570 on Math SOL, and not get placed into higher math going into 6th grade ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else have a 5th grader in APS who scored over 1200 on Math Inventory, over 570 on Math SOL, and not get placed into higher math going into 6th grade ?

My kid scored 1320 on math inventory and 600 on SOL, got in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else have a 5th grader in APS who scored over 1200 on Math Inventory, over 570 on Math SOL, and not get placed into higher math going into 6th grade ?

My kid scored 1320 on math inventory and 600 on SOL, got in.

How do you know those numbers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else have a 5th grader in APS who scored over 1200 on Math Inventory, over 570 on Math SOL, and not get placed into higher math going into 6th grade ?

My kid scored 1320 on math inventory and 600 on SOL, got in.

How do you know those numbers?

SOL's for 5th graders started arriving this week, and the Math Inventory got sent to us in late June.

Kid with a 1320 and 600 is definitely destined for advanced math. However, 5th grade kid with the above 1200+ scored well above the needed 1130 to be considered as 6th Grade Advanced Range for end of the year (6th Grade proficiency was 870 to 1120).

[Anonymous]

Yeah. I don't think mythical kid with 1200 on inventory in Math 6 exists. Unless that kid got failing grades in math last year. 1030 is algebra readiness marker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah. I don't think mythical kid with 1200 on inventory in Math 6 exists. Unless that kid got failing grades in math last year. 1030 is algebra readiness marker.

Huh?

[Anonymous]

My kid scored 1060 on readiness and I haven’t received his score yet. He got in to the pre-alg class as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid scored 1060 on readiness and I haven’t received his score yet. He got in to the pre-alg class as well.

Would you mind sharing which Middle School? and the SOL when you get it.

[Anonymous]

Is this going to turn into Fairfax with their obsessive posting of scores for their advanced program. Please tell me no.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else have a 5th grader in APS who scored over 1200 on Math Inventory, over 570 on Math SOL, and not get placed into higher math going into 6th grade ?

My kid scored 1320 on math inventory and 600 on SOL, got in.

How do you know those numbers?

SOL's for 5th graders started arriving this week, and the Math Inventory got sent to us in late June.

Kid with a 1320 and 600 is definitely destined for advanced math. However, 5th grade kid with the above 1200+ scored well above the needed 1130 to be considered as 6th Grade Advanced Range for end of the year (6th Grade proficiency was 870 to 1120).

I'm interested in this as well, anyone know the scores to make it into Pre-Algebra for 6th Grade, specifically Williamsburg?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My youngest just finished 8th grade so I'm not very tuned into possible changes. But, it wasn't any different for him than it was his older brother who was four years ahead. The question I would ask is what happens after Math 6 for those that don't take the accelerated class in the 6th grade. For both of my kids, you were either recommended for Math 7 or Math 8 (pre-Algebra) in the 7th grade followed by Intensified Algebra if you were ready in the 8th grade.

This is what is different. There is no pre-algebra anymore for kids that did Math 7 in 6th grade---they are now being pushed into Intensified Algebra in 7th, followed by Intensified Geometry in 8th. When we started, the math path was Math 7 for 6th, Intro To Algebra in 7th and then Intensified Algebra in 8th. This was for a GT Math kid.

We got a letter in the Spring saying that now they were having those same kids do HS level Intensified Algebra in 7th when it used to be planned for 8th.

My kid had such a shitty Math 7 teacher last year that even though he had high test scores and was recommended for Intensified Alg. I---I am probably going to have him drop down into the pre 7/8th Algebra in 7th so he can get the strong foundation the teacher did not provide last year. Hopefully, we will get a better teacher. This year I will do what I should have done last year---demand to be moved to a different class.