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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shouldn't be too hard to look back over many years of acceleration and see the results for these students, broken down by the performance on entrance tests to this pathway, SOL, MAP, COGAT, grades, etc.[/quote]
SOL data is public. The 7th grade accelerated cohort has much stronger SOL performance in Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 than the 8th or 9th grade Algebra 1 cohorts. [/quote]

Obviously, there are many kids who should be accelerated 2 years and comparing the average test scores of those three populations would reflect that. The question is teasing out which kids (at the bottom of that cohort) would have been better served with just 1 year acceleration.

What % of those kids struggling is acceptable? How much would they benefit by getting another year of foundation skills?

The objective of raising the bar for placement is to improve outcomes for the kids on the cusp, which should theoretically increase SOL performance for two of the groups (7th & 8th Algebra 1).  
[/quote] There's also the issue of teasing out which 8th grade algebra 1 students (at the top of the distribution) would have been better served with 2 years of acceleration, and which 7th grade algebra 1 students (at the middle to top of the distribution) would have been better served with 3 or more years of acceleration.[/quote]
3 + years should be the rare exception.

[/quote]Why? Given how much better 7th grade algebra 1 students do than 9th or 8th grade algebra 1 students, it's clear that many of them likely would have been at least as successful as 9th or 8th grade algebra 1 students had they taken algebra 1 in 6th instead.[/quote]

Aside from the true math prodigies there is very little benefit. Race to nowhere. [/quote]
What's a "true math prodigy"? If you acknowledge there's at least a little benefit (which I think is false given the significant differences in achievement between accelerated and non-accelerated students), why do you use the phrase "race to nowhere" which falsely implies there being no benefit?[/quote]
I think the significant achievement is correlation not causation.[/quote]

If you really are a STEM PhD you would have had no trouble finding the relevant research (I suggest looking at papers from the SMPY), but if you want everything on a silver platter for you, I suggest you read [i]A Nation Empowered[/i], Volume 2. (Volume 1 is more appropriate for a lay audience)[/quote]
I'm a STEM PhD with a job.  I don't research for message board discussions that I post on while I wait for my kid to finish swimming.   :roll: [/quote] Which is why I gave you the research on a silver platter. No more excuses for spreading harmful misinformation.[/quote]
Oh stop.  Nothing I posted was misinformation.  Go back to your politics threads with your conspiracy theories and accusations.[/quote]

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