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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only students transferred to MCPS or homeschooled get a chance to take Algebra in 6th grade.  95% Takoma magnet kids rake IM in 6th grade.  Unless you can demonstrate your kid has extraordinary math skill, 99% MCPS students dont get a chance to take Algebra.  [/quote]

Not true re: only homeschooled or transferred students taking algebra.. My 6th grader was placed in algebra this year along with around 20 other 6th graders. It was not requested, it just happened - the guidance counselor called on the first day of school and recommended the switch. My child has been fine in the class so far - took compacted in 4th and 5th grade. He's very good at math, but I don't think he is a math genius or anything like that. Based on my experience so far, I think it's likely that more students who are placed in AIM could actually handle algebra in 6th grade.

My child's school does not have the new AIM class as an option. I am not going to name the school  here because I don't want to get the school in trouble with MCPS if they are not supposed to be allowing this (I have no idea what the official MCPS rules are on this but since most middle schools don't seem to do this, it at least seems to be an exception to the rule). It is a down country MS that is sometimes criticized on this forum for lack of academic rigor lol - not Eastern or Takoma Park.[/quote]

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