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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Consider the equity issues that math acceleration creates among high school graduates where one student graduates with Calc BC or Multivariable, and another student finishes just Algebra 2 by senior year.  That's an equity gap of 3 to 4 years.  If we raise the minimum math for HS graduation to something like a precalculus or calc AB, we would see a lot to high school drop outs.  But the advanced math students can easily slow down and graduate with Algebra 2, and instead take other math courses like Statistics or Data Analysis or Math modelling, but stay away from calculus or even precalculus.     [/quote]

Who is doing Algebra 2 senior year? Most high schools require 4 years of math.[/quote]
Not everyone is suited for math beyond Algebra 2. Fortunately, FCPS addresses the needs of students who prefer to focus on lower-level math by providing multiple options to graduate with just Algebra 2, minimizing dropouts.  
https://www.fcps.edu/academics/graduation-requirements-and-course-planning/high-school-course-sequencing/mathematics[/quote]

Virginia only recently started requiring four years of math to graduate.  One teacher was arguing against this change in the meeting.  It generally got covered as watering down the advanced diploma.[/quote]
Algebra 1 can be stretched over two years, as in Standard Diploma option 2.
Year 1, 	Year 2, 	Year 3, 	Year 4
Algebra 1 Part 1, 	Algebra 1, 	Geometry, 	Algebra 2

Or stretch Algebra 2 over two years, as in Advanced Diploma option 3 
Year 1, 	Year 2, 	Year 3, 	Year 4
Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra FDA, Algebra 2

Lot of options for lower math students, but [b]many barriers for advanced URM students to take Algebra 1 in 6th grade[/b]. 
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There are barriers for students to take Algebra 1 in 6th grade but they aren't related to URM status.  Totally different barriers.   [/quote]
URM parents are least informed about process to get their kids into Algebra 1 in 6th grade.  Racial barriers for URMs exist.  Process needs to be publicized in early elementary.  [/quote]

Are you being deliberately obtuse, here?  No one needs to know the process, and the only people who do are the ones who have had kids go through it.  All of the tests are things done in school.  Kids meet the benchmarks or don't.  The parents don't need to do anything at all, and FCPS prefers not having the parents try to do anything.  The only people who are informed are FCPS employees, parents of kids who met the benchmark, and people who believe dcum rumors.  No one else is informed.  [/quote]

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