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[quote=Anonymous]OP, since you mentioned math specifically-- post-pandemic, any differentiation in math is going to be focused solely on pulling up the kids who are still behind grade level. APS did a terrible job teaching math during the pandemic, and a lot of kids fell behind grade level. You should look up the math SOL scores pre- and post-pandemic for some background. The ES teachers are under tremendous pressure to bring all kids back to grade level. If your kid is way ahead in math, they are just going to be bored and you may need to supplement outside of APS.

Even in middle school, where there is tracking for math, there still isn't sufficient challenge for the kids with exceptionally high math ability. At our middle school, I know of a number of parents who appealed to push their 6th graders into the pre-Algebra track because they were concerned that Math 6 would be too easy. They were probably right that Math 6 is too easy, but that's because they got rid of the middle math track during the pandemic. (In 6th grade, there used to be Math 6, Math 6 Extended, and Pre-Algebra.) The problem with pushing all the kids who needed a middle option into Pre-Algebra is that is slows down that class for the kids who really needed a more rigorous math class. This became especially obvious in my kid's 7th grade Algebra 1 Intensified class last year, where a lot of the kids who were pushed ahead by their parents into 6th grade Pre-Algebra then needed tutoring to get through the subsequent 7th grade Intensified Algebra 1 course.

Unfortunately, things in the APS math department are just a hot mess right now.  [/quote]

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