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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In FCPS, to be eligible for Algebra before 8th grade, a kid needs to do all of: successfully complete 6th grade advanced/AAP math, get a pass advanced on the 7th grade math SOL (taken at the end of the 6th grade advanced math class), and get a 91st percentile on IAAT.  These requirements are set in stone for all FCPS kids.

To do 5th or 6th grade Algebra, the kid needs to be skipped ahead in math in some grade prior to 6th grade, such that the kid is in the 6th grade AAP math class before 6th grade.  The main pathway for this is to have a CogAT Q score >= 140, have high SOL scores in 3rd and 4th grade, and get the recommendation of the teachers.  Then, the kids who meet these criteria are given a test, and those who pass are placed in the 6th grade AAP math class as 5th graders.

In some cases, kids are skipped ahead earlier than that or skipped ahead more grades.  That's at the discretion of the principal.  [/quote]

This was the process we used. My DS took regular AAP math in 4th grade and then in 5th grade he took 6th grade AAP math (so he skipped AAP 5th grade math). We did this with the permission of the principle and all of the other conditions were met such that in 5th grade he joined the 6th grade AAP class for math only. Then in 6th grade he went to the MS and took Algebra I HN first period (before elementary school started) and then one of us had to drive him from the middle school to the elementary school to start his day (we were lucky that the timing worked out just right). During his 6th grade math class he either worked on his HW for Algebra or helped other kids in the class with their math.

He was the only kid in his grade to do this but not the only kid from the school over the years. His MS offers Algebra II/Trig HN for the few kids that either do what my DS did or that decide to take Geometry and Algebra II the same year or Geometry over the summer (which I would never advise).

Would we do this again? Yes. It was a headache with all of the scheduling and long days for DS in 6th grade but it was absolutely the right call for him. He is in 8th grade now happily taking Algebra II/Trig HN.[/quote]

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