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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your 5th grader was placed in pre-algebra for 6th, what was their Math Inventory score at the end of 4th?  Trying to get some sense how my rising 5th grader's score stacks up in the context of APS.  [/quote]

There are a million posts on this and barely anyone ever answers lol. Short answer is. They are getting rid of MI next year so those scores won't matter. But they don't just look at MI they look at SOLs and other scores abs classroom performance and class size and a million things apparently. And it will be different depending on which school you go to.

Anyway whenever we get our placement letter I will come back and tell you lol. Should be soon. [/quote]
Yeah, I've never seen anyone post a number for an 
EOY 4th grade score.  Just trying to get a sense.

The classroom performance stuff is crazy subjective.  My understanding is that some elementary schools liberally place kids in pre-algebra but others don't at all.  I've also been told that zero kids from our elementary were recommended for pre-algebra next year because our gifted teacher doesn't believe in math acceleration.  But I guess I'll worry about that next year.[/quote]
That doesn't make sense because it's not all done at the school level. My school's math coach told me it is in part determined by the math office based on scores and teacher feedback. She is a colleague and I don't think she would lie to me. [/quote]
Apparently the teacher who supplies the feedback for our school states that none of her students are recommended for pre-algebra in 6th.  I'm not sure what's so hard to understand.  Some kids do still get placed based on scores and parent requests, but none are recommended based on teacher input.[/quote]
It’s hard to understand why no kids would be placed based on one gifted teacher’s philosophy when they aren’t the one placing people. [/quote]
Perhaps reread what I wrote.  :roll:

It's infuriating when upthread people say teacher input matters so you can't look at scores, and then you point out that teacher input varies school to school, only to have people retort that teacher input doesn't matter.  I don't know if it does or doesn't, but I am aware that teacher input from our school is uniformly negative re placement in 6th grade pre-algebra and that our elementary traditionally places fewer kids than other elementary schools.

Does anyone have an EOY 4th grade score they can share for a kid who was placed in pre-algebra in 6th?  I'm just trying to get a sense.  I will not use it as gospel or use it to parent place my student.  I promise.[/quote]

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