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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's almost 100% based on test scores, primarily the Math SOL.  APS really doesn't want kids taking Pre Algebra as 6th graders since apparently the higher level math teachers in high school are saying that kids who were accelerated aren't showing as deep an understanding of core algebraic concepts when they get to classes like calculus. From there my understanding is that even of those who take pre-algebra only a handful are recommended for Intensified Algebra in 7th grade and instead are pushed towards Pre Algebra for 7th graders. I wish I knew why they only offered Intensified in 7th rather than regular Algebra but it may also be partly that they want the cut-off standard to be a high bar.

Very few kids are recommended for pre algebra, however the final decision is yours.  Talk with your child's current math teacher, and with the math coach or head teacher at their middle school.  We did this and believe we made the right choice between Math 6 and Pre Algebra.

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It’s true that very few 7th graders are being allowed to take algebra now. However, apparently that wasn’t true even just a couple of years ago. They greatly increased the test scores required to take algebra in 7th grade (I believe as a way to quietly get rid of the option altogether eventually). At my kid’s MS, the handful of 7th graders in intensified algebra are in a class with mostly 8th graders. [/quote]

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