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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]There are students who are grade advanced at some point in math in ES and end up in IM by 5th grade.[/b]  Usually they take IM at the MS during first period and then come back to their ES.  This is not a track for a large group of students at one school, but for those outliers who can go a year ahead at some point and still have a strong foundation without any missing skills/concepts.  Parents really have to fight for this path or have a school who is willing to consider the strengths of their student.[/quote]
I think this primarily happens upon entry into school in 1st-3rd grades. If the student is really advanced in math, they might get floated up to the next grade level for math. It's not ideal - they end up needing to take a class at MS while in 5th grade, and at HS while in 8th grade, unless they have enough kids (15ish) to offer the course at the school. I have mathy kids and they did their K year at Montessori before entering public in 1st grade. I didn't push for a different placement, the principal brought the "problem" to me. The solution for DC1 was to float up a grade level for math. The solution for DC2 was skipping 1st and starting in 2nd grade to avoid the split grade level math. If you start in MCPS with K, I think you are very unlikely to ever "skip" a grade level of math. You stay with your cohort and get advanced programming with compacted 4/5 in 4th grade. [/quote]

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