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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It varies by school.  For us, school offered it to kids with a MAP score of 250 or above (or possibly 240, I'm not sure) and a teacher recommendation.  It was offered as an option on our course selection, so we just chose it, and the children were placed in it.[/quote]

Really?  That seems like a low MAP cutoff, not even 99th percentile (I think 240 is only like 90th actually.). I thought Algebra 1 in 6th was only supposed to be for the most profoundly gifted kids?[/quote]

From what I understand from someone else, 250 is some kind of central office standard to allow students into Algebra I in 6th grade.

An issue is supposedly math departments are seeing students struggle in math when they get into high school.  And I think some are wondering if it's because students are being rushed into Algebra in 6th grade and not grasping the fundamentals.  Based on both the school staff and students that we talked to on the path, middle school math hasn't been an issue.

So it was a little bit surprising to hear that the fifth grade math teacher was refusing to recommend students to take Algebra I regardless of their MAP score and it doesn't sound like parents could get information from the teacher.  Especially when just the year prior the teacher did recommend students for Algebra I.  And I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, that teacher left the school after that year.

In all honesty, I thought it was part of some DEI initiative from the new principal who had just arrived a couple of years prior.  Where we've seen a lot of changes at the elementary school since their arrival with the slowing down of things.  But then saw the second post on this thread of the parent with the kid from Westland.  So guess that maybe this kind of thing has been going on for a little while now.

It sounds like middle schools take the fifth grade teacher recommendation the most in consideration above all else.[/quote]

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