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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The central office recommends kids for AIM (I was just told this by a middle school).  Maybe others know if a school is likely to place a child in AIM against the recommendation of the central office, if the parent requests it and shows something like additional math progress over the summer.[/quote]

This is only partially true. Central office recommends which kids should automatically go to AIM based on the universal review for the middle school magnet lottery. If your child was not placed in the lottery but is in compacted 5/6, the middle school will review the pathway that your child’s 5th grade teacher recommended and will likely use that recommendation. You can ask the teacher what she recommended (you won’t otherwise be notified). I don’t think teachers generally put recommendations for students to skip levels in math pathways unless data is super compelling (strong performance on class assessments and MAP this year) PLUS parent advocacy. I recommend you get in touch with the mccpta gifted Ed committee (they have a Facebook page) because they have a document with contacts and steps to advocate for math placement. There are absolutely supposed to be on ramps for kids to move up levels but mcps is super murky about this and you can’t count on the school to drive the process. [/quote]

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