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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fcps allows HS graduation with just Algebra 2, works for those that don't get math. But using that as baseline and restricting students from taking advanced above grade math to avoid widening equity gap is where the problem is. [/quote]

FCPS does not restrict advanced Math, for equity or any other reasons.  [b]Fairfax doesn't accelerate [/b]quite as much as LoCo does but that's not a bad thing IMO.  [/quote]
why? shouldnt they be encouraging taking on more advanced math similar to what texas does?[/quote]

LoCo sends more 6th graders to Algebra I than Fairfax does.  I don't think that's a good thing.  Ymmv

(Texas is not sending large numbers of 6th graders to Algebra I, fyi.)[/quote]
read the texas article... it appears they are enrolling students into advanced math and giving students a choice to opt-out if they find it too challenging.

"“About three years ago, around 20 to 22 percent of a cohort was enrolling in advanced math from fifth to sixth grade,” he said. “When we went to an opt-out policy, we’ve now increased that to between 35 and 40 percent of a cohort gets automatically enrolled in advanced math.”"

so in FCPS, why not enroll all six graders in algebra 1, and give the students an opt-out to step back. Instead of showing barriers to those who want to do advanced math.  [/quote]

Algebra I in 6th grade isn't advanced math, it's super advanced, triple advanced math.  Not appropriate for 99% of kids.[/quote]
you seem to be misinformed.  Many counties across US have kids completing algebra 1 comfortably in 6th grade. multiple sections across many middle schools in LoCo.  [/quote]

That still doesn't make it the standard advanced math track [b]anywhere[/b] in the US. It means plenty of kids can handle it, not that everyone should be pushed into it.

The standard advanced track is 7th grade math, one year before pre-Algebra. Still. Everywhere.[/quote]
thousand of kids across america are completing algebra 1 in 6th grade, and no one is pushing them.  Every kid always has a choice to opt down.  But URM kids dont know what their choices are, unless they have an educated parent.  I am an URM parent by the way, and educated.   When students are restricted from enrolling in above grade math, that also restricts them from discovering their basic potential.  What texas is doing is making the option available as default, which benefits the poorly informed URM kids, and letting them opt out if they find it challenging.

from article:
"We have seen our advanced math enrollment numbers for all demographics increase," McDaniel said. "But specifically with students of poverty and students of color, we have seen an increase in the number of students in advanced math tracks." [/quote]

Just because you keep quoting the article saying advanced math is going up does not mean that in that Texas district they enrolled everyone is Algebra 1 in 6th grade.

I have a kid who is good at math. She's in Math 7 in 6th grade with the rest of the AAP class at our AAP center school. In her grade there is no one in Algebra 1, though she has friends who wish they were (they didn't meet the stringent FCPS qualifications). Of those, about half will go on to take Algebra 1 Honors in 7th grade and the rest will take Math 7 Honors. This is the standard US advanced math track. That's all people keep trying to tell you. And you keep saying that FCPS should enroll [b]all[/b] 6th graders in Algebra 1 (honors or no you do not specify, but it would be a disservice to enroll a kid in a credit bearing class early if they weren't ready for honors).[/quote]

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