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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just FYI I emailed the math person from our middle school and detailed exactly why I thought my son should be in pre-algebra for 6th instead of math 6, and she agreed with my reasoning and he was put in pre-algebra for 6th graders. So changes are possible.

(Please don't come at me for this, we had good reasons and from an early age he seemed destined for STEM)[/quote]

How wild!  Our son was disappointed about his placement, so we did the same.  The math person indicated that there is nothing they can do, and that the placement is what it is.  And if he's still interested in being placed in Pre-Algebra, then the central APS Math Office is going to require him take a readiness test (on the day before school starts, after a summer of, well, being a kid having fun during the summer).

All of this seems extraordinary to me, particularly as at no point has anyone been measuring their capacity to learn or interest level, but rather what they were taught in the classroom.

Anyway, it makes sense to me that they'd want to set and enforce standards, but this feels fairly arbitrary. [/quote]

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