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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A poster appears to be desperately trying to scare parents and students from taking on accelerated math especially, algebra 1 in 7th or 6th grade, or Summer Geometry as rising 8th grader.  Thousands of FCPS students pursue math acceleration and are extremely successful.  [/quote]

Not thousands, hundreds.

SOL history shows that about 30 kids a year take Algebra 1 in 6th grade.

SOL history shows that about 1,700 kids a year take Algebra 1 in 7th grade

SOL History shows that about 1,000 Kids a year take Algebra 2 in 8th grade, meaning that about 1,000 kids a year take Geometry in the summer.

A poor grade in ES or MS can be expunged from a HS record but Colleges are aware of that and can note expunged grades. A poor grade, and I am not certain I see a B is a bad grade, probably means that a child was not really ready for the quantity of work associated with a HS math class early and less that the child wasn’t ready for the material academically. Honestly, kids who struggle in Algebra 1 in 7th grade are probably having more executive functioning issues than academic issues. The material moves more quickly and there are more quizzes and tests then the kids are used to.

I am not sure why some people are so focused on kids being advanced in math. It really doesn’t make a huge difference for college. I get it if you have a math prodigy but very few of our kids are math prodigies. There are a lot of great outlets for kids interested in math, like the competitions and clubs, without thinking a kid needs to be taking pre calculus in 9th grade. [/quote]

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