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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm new to this. My kid did not get recommended to the magnet for math but is making As in compacted 5/6. His recommendation under Course Request is Applied Investig Math 6/Teacher Recommended

Is that AIM? What is AMP? What's the differences between 6 and 6+? (is there a difference?)

So many acronyms and I haven't been able to find a page on MCPS that defines them all! [/quote]

In middle school, from 6th grade to 8th,

&quot;Normal&quot; course: Math 6 =&gt; Math 7. =&gt; Math 8 (prep for Algebra 1 in 9th grade)

Advanced course: AMP 6+ (6th & 1/2 of 7th) =&gt; AMP 7÷ (1/2 of 7th & 8th) =&gt; Algebra 1

Highly-advanced course: AIM (7th & 8th) =&gt; Algebra 1 =&gt; Geometry

There are support courses for those who have difficulty with the on-grade-level material.  There are also smaller minorities of highly-advanced students who take an even more accelerated set of classes.  That's supposed to be for one-off exceptions with tremendous ability, but, from various DCUM discussions, it looks like certain schools caved to large numbers of parent advocates, getting whole classes of Algebra in 6th, for instance, or even in 5th, if you believe them.  They are always circumspect about the particular schools, though Frost has been mentioned and &quot;a DCC school&quot; (in response to all this being available only to those in Potomac).

Glad your teacher rec says AIM.  If your kid did not get into the magnet but was in the lottery pool, that's where they are supposed to be.  If they didn't make the pool but were recommended for AIM, I'd jump on that (as long as your kid is doing swimmingly in 5/6).  Monitor to be sure they get that, and advocate with the teacher rec in case they don't.[/quote]

THANK YOU so much, PP! This is so much clearer than anything I've gotten from MCPS so far.

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Another rising 6th SSIMS parent here. I heard that SSIMS is moving from AIM to AMP7+ next year, which keeps kids on track for Algebra I in 7th. It’s a curriculum change. From googling and reading past DCUM, it sounds like other middle schools got rid of AIM last year?[/quote]
SSIMS is still considering whether to do this (track to Algebra in 7th) as AIM or as AMP 7+ in 6th.  They lost budget and that might impact thier flexibility across Math teaching; training plays a role.  7+ may be the current thinking, but they would need to figure out the bridge for early Math 7 content, as the way they costructed 5/6 may not have allowed coverage of that on which they may be relying to fill the gap (precursor material reviewed/expanded in early Math 7).

We probably won't know until later in the summer.  I hope in time to get families whatever they might need to prepare.[/quote]

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