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[quote=Anonymous]The MSDE (state)-mandated switch to Integrated Algebra 1 will start in the 2027-28 school year for those having completed (or having shown mastery in exceptional cases) the pre-Algebra content that is the on-grade-level expectation for middle school through grade 8.  This is whether completeing it under MCPS acceleration (PreAlgebra, the combination of AMP6+ and AMP7+ or Math 8 taken a year early due to prior acceleration in 4/5, 5/6 or otherwise).

Integrated Algebra 2 will follow in 2028-29.  For a time, both the new Integrated Algebra 1 & 2 and the current Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2 will be taught, depending on when the student completed pre-Algebra and began one or other sequence.  For those taking the new courses, the state assessment will be administered at the end of Integrated Algebra 2.

Those currently in AMP6+ likely will take AMP7+ next year (covering 6th, 7th & 8th grade standards in 2 years), then Integrated Algebra 1 the following year.  It is unclear if there will be honors versions of these.

Those currently in PreAlgebra (the current name of the more accelerated course that covers 7th & 8th grade standards in one year) likely will take Algebra 1 next year, followed by Geometry and Algebra 2 (likely honors versions of the latter two; there is no honors version of the current state-mandated Algebra 1 course).

Though completing the overall Algebra sequence at the same time, will be a disconnect between the two groups, as Integrated Algebra will not cover all of the topics that the current sequence does (e.g., Trigonometry).  It is unclear how or whether MCPS and other MD county school systems will account for this difference in later courses, whether requiring repetition of content within a new PreCalc for those having taken the current sequence, insertion of a pre-PreCalc course for those having taken the newer sequence, or some other set of options, such as maintaining two versions of PreCalc until all taking the current sequence finish.[/quote]

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