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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I understanding correctly that this is not adding a new accelerated option, but rather giving kids a chance to get back  up to grade level if they somehow slipped along the way?

Or is it to get kids up to the "one step advanced" level if they didn't do compacted math but were late bloomers? [/quote]

It is not a new accelerated option for the kids who are already accelerated (those who did compacted math).

It appears to be a new on-grade-level option to get kids to Algebra in 8th grade, which is the on-grade-level track.  It used to be Math 6, IM, Algebra 1 (so IM combined math 7th and 8th standards to get ready for Algebra).  It is now Math 6+, 7+, Algebra 1, so stretching the "acceleration" needed to get from Math 6 to Algebra across two years (the Illustrative Math curriculum being used in middle schools seems to assume that Algebra is a 9th grade class, so things need to be compacted somewhere to get that far by 8th grade).

The presentation last night also showed the Math 6, Math 7, Math 8 path (below the grade level target), and a Math 6 or 6+, Math 7, Algebra path, but it's not clear when/how that would be used.  [/quote]

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