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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids school told us he scored well an can move from regular math to AAP next year in 6th grade.  I'm a little in the dark because we haven't seen test scores yet.

Prior math SOLs were around 525 and we planned on doing honors in 7th grade so this is sort of just advancing our timeline by a year.  Figure it will be the summer of catch up before 6th instead of 7th.

Any chance this is just a new trend to meet the goal? Take kids on the edge of AAP and stick them in AAP so that more are ready for Algebra in 8th Grade?  FWIW reading SOL has always been higher but only being offered math AAP not everything.
Who knows maybe this year he tested really well.
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Our school started this last year. A bunch of kids join the AAP class for math if they scored over 500. I have heard no complaints and all the kids who joined were able to catch up to the kids who have been in since 3rd (and are now a year ahead). Some kids really have to grind first semester, but are good by 2nd semester. Our principal said this is a new push from Dr. Reid. I guess since it worked at the schools where it was (quietly) being piloted like ours it is being expanded.

As long as your kid is willing to be lost and have to work at first, I recommend it.[/quote]

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