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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many school systems gatekeep a bit too much for advanced math.  In FCPS, there are a lot of kids who would be quite capable of 6th grade Algebra, but made one or two careless mistakes on a test taken in 2nd grade, and thus don't meet the CogAT cutoff.

Iready is given every year and has a very high ceiling.  FCPS should be looking into acceleration options for the kids who are far into the 99th percentile.  [b]Many of these kids spend all of their early and mid ES years learning nothing at all in their school math class.[/b]  [/quote]
Keeping equity bs aside,  can you imagine the progress FCPS would be making on math excellence front if thousands of students were taught the next level instead? [/quote]

My impression is that if a kid is far into the 99th percentile on iready and demonstrates at the beginning-of-year math testing that they already know everything that is to be taught that year, FCPS does absolutely nothing for that kid.  They could push them into a higher grade level class.  They could at least provide extra push in enrichment or exempt the kid from the regular class and instead let them do AoPS/Beast academy.  But for the most part, they do absolutely nothing and let the kid be bored out of their minds for the year.  The very small handful of kids who are skipped ahead in FCPS were fortunate enough to have teachers and principals who wanted them to learn at the right level.  [/quote]

[b]Were you, as a kid, regularly just pushed to skip a grade in math? [/b]I did it twice - it's not easy nor something that should be done lightly. Friends whose kids were principal placed in advanced math (and therefore skipped a grade) have all talked about how challenging it is. Some kids were indeed thriving in the [b]regular[/b] advanced math track after not having it by second semester, but some dropped back to regular math.

Accelerating is one thing, entirely skipping a grade is another.
-parent whose kid regularly scores 99th percentile on iReady but definitely isn't ready to just start skipping math years[/quote]

DP.  I really wonder how school went for these posters as children.  Were they skipped ahead and it went well for them?  Did they take advanced math classes with or without parent pushing and it was right for them, or was it too easy?

On the thread about skipping math classes at TJ, what is the end goal?  Why is it preferable to take a math class at AOPS than in school?  Why is it preferable for a student to take a math class twice, once at AOPS and then again in school, rather than just once in school?  Is that how those parents did school when they were children?  Or if it wasn't, did they feel left out or failed by their parents?  Or did they just have a regular childhood but want something else for their children?[/quote]

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