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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is in 6th this year and in pre-algebra.  I was wondering about this last year and got stonewalled by our elementary school when I asked about the decision process and metrics.

I copy/pasted the text from last year’s notification letter:

VA SOL Grade 5 Math SOL 550+ 
CogAT Quantitative 126+
CogAT Nonverbal 126+
MI Quantile Score 1046

I don’t know if these guidelines are school specific or across APS.

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5th grade doesn’t even teach to that level of Math Inventory.  It would be almost impossible for a student to be at 1046 without outside help/prep.[/quote]
That’s my kid’s exact score for MOY math inventory. I’m terrible at math but he has a natural aptitude and dreambox covers up to 8th grade at least. His teacher said we’re very likely to skip Math 6 but can’t say for sure yet. That’s decided in 4th quarter [/quote]

Pre-algebra for 6th does not skip math 6 content. It compacts math 6-7-8 and students take the math 8 SOL at the end of the year.

Dreambox is how many students are exposed to higher level math content in elementary school. I have 5th graders who are working on rate of change if a parabola, for example.  
If your child is not ready like 90+% of kids it’s nothing to be upset about. They can do Algebra 1 in 8th like most APS 8 th graders and still take Calculus in HS and get into a great college- we know plenty going to top 20 universities and SLACs who did Algebra in 8th![/quote]

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