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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If a child is transferring into MCPS for sixth grade, how do they determine what math class they put them in if they haven’t done a lot of standardized testing? Do they give them a test? thanks[/quote]

One way would be to have the transfer take the MAP-M and use that score to determine placement. Last I knew scoring over 240 put you in AIM at some of the wealthy schools you can be placed in Algebra for &gt;250.[/quote]

STOP with the "wealthy schools" nonsense. My kids are in two different wealthy school districts (one is in a special program) and it is NEVER automatic to get into Algebra 1 in 6th grade. My friend in a upper county school district had an easier time of it than I did, even though my child had well above a 260 on her MAP-M AND completed a nearly perfect ad hoc test to place into Algebra 1. The math coordinator at her school still wouldn't let her in. We left MCPS for another reason that year, she completed a year of Algebra 1 in 6th at a different school, and when we returned, they let her in Honors Geometry in 7th based on the fact she had done Algebra 1 in 6th.

To answer your question, OP, they will look at your child's overall school record and give them a placement test. As noted above, the math coordinator at the school has discretion. There is no central policy.

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Exactly.  My child did it at a non-wealthy school.  [/quote]

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