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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just got email today that my kids’ elementary school has been selected as pilot program for 6th graders to take Algebra 1 HN. Criteria seems to be advanced pass on 6th grade SOL and 1125Q quantile iReady score. Class will be graded A-F and appear on official transcript. We have two weeks to opt out. [/quote]

That iReady Score was weird. I went back and looked at my kids iReadys in 5th grade, he was in the high 99th percentile on the iReady chart with a 561 in the fall and a 581 in the spring. Maybe they combined the fall and the spring scores to make one composite score? Then my kid would have a 1142. He also passed the 6th grade SOL with a 577 that year. He scored in the 99th percentile on the IAAT as a 6th grader with a perfect SOL score on the 7th grade SOL and earned an A in Algebra1 H as a 7th grader. I say that only because I don’t think you can score a 1125 on the iReady.

That said, I don’t think Algebra taught virtually is a good idea. If they are going to teach Algebra to 6th graders, there should be a Teacher in the room teaching the class. Maybe it should only be offered at a Center where there is a higher concentration of kids available to take the class. I don’t think you should be offering a HS level class to 6th graders via a screen.[/quote]

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