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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MS Geometry teacher - there is a lot behind these numbers, though. My students who keep up with their homework and study seriously for their tests generally score in the 90s.  Those that don't are generally in the 80s, sometimes lower (this past unit had more 70s than normal and a few that were lower). Also, the units do get progressively harder as they build and require accessing prior theorems/definitions and more complicated proofs.

I don't feel like any of my students were improperly accelerated, none are totally over their heads. [/quote]

Question for teacher- do you see a lot of kids coming in your class having already taken geometry before they take your geometry class?  I was surprised by the number of parents I know that had their kids take algebra over summer they said so then could be easier and “be review” during school year.  Was curious if folks keep this up or was it a TJ plan before TJ now a lottery?[/quote]

Above teacher - none of my students took Geometry over the summer. One came in and said that he took it and their parents clarified later it was just a 1 or two week self-paced thing their child played around with. It didn't help a lot once we got to the second unit, they were on average with other students.

To the other question about test trends, I looked at some of my students report cards from Alg 1.  No one seems to be vastly different than their final grades (B+ students have been trending B+).

We also have a generous retake policy (one retake per assessment, regardless of original score) so I do have students that take advantage of it - some bring up their scores, some don't do as well on the new test. Highest score sticks.

If anything, I would recommend continued summer Algebra practice. My students have struggled when we have encountered skills from Alg 1 - especially factoring and simplifying square roots. These are things they need to be able to do in their sleep to be successful in Alg 2. [/quote]

When get to Algebra 2, sounds then no longer like younger math years when lots of “remember how to do this” units?  [/quote]

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