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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm shocked and even in past years more than half of students are passing but not proficient in their Algebra 2 SOLs.

I'd say that means they are advancing too quickly.  Yet the effect seems the same regardless of grade level of course. So it seems there are substantial cohorts of students advancing 2 years ahead when 1 was enough, and advancing 3 years ahead when 2 was enough.
Or TJ has up to half it's population being kids who "get" math quite but aren't great at understanding it.

Anyway, these 9th graders in Geometry, while older than previous  geometry students, are doing just as well (slightly better even) as those students who advanced more quickly [/quote]
This is not true. Even last year, 9th grade Alg II students scored 20% greater pass advanced rates than the 10th grade geometry students. Advanced students prior to Covid were scoring 90% pass advanced rates in 9th grade Algebra II, which is really impressive. And post-covid still close to 60% Pass advanced for 9th grade Algebra II students.

These new students are great students in their own right just different than previous admitted students. Admissions doesn’t even know the math level. Having nearly 100 geometry students in 9th speaks to the [b]great work in equity the new process has achieved[/b]. And comparing them to the previous classes does them a disservice. It’s not about scores or grades, but experience.[/quote]
is this what they taught you in the DEI class? post bunch of lies?[/quote]
So the new students aren’t that good at tests or advanced in math and probably won’t have the same SAT scores? So what?[/quote]

The "so what" part is actually pretty complex.  If the "point" of TJ were to provide cool STEM opportunities to above average kids across the country, with the grading and expectations aligned with this new population and with expanded opportunities at the base schools/GMU for advanced kids who need them but are no longer getting in, then everything would be fine.  I'd agree fully that even if the new students aren't that good at test or advanced in math, so what?

The problem right now is twofold.  1.  If kids are being admitted just to score political points and tweak the demographics, but are also being set up to fail, that's a huge problem.  FCPS seems to care much more about the optics than they do about each student's best outcome and best fit.  If they're admitting kids who are unprepared, are they looking to either change the admissions process again?  Or provide more opportunities in middle school at the lower SES schools to develop talent?  Or make TJ a little easier so the admitted kids can succeed?

2.  TJ was originally designed to provide acceleration to the kids way above and beyond who would otherwise run out of math and science courses.  Now that they're not admitting the extremely advanced, are they seeking to expand the dual enrollment and virtual campus offerings to meet the needs of the kids remaining at the base school?[/quote]

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