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Reply to "Algebra 1 - In 6th Grade"
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[quote=Anonymous]I believe there is a pilot program this year for 6th graders in advanced math to qualify for Algebra 1 and I think they put quite a few kids in it. This year they also lowered the threshold to put many more kids into Math Honors 7 in 7th grade who hadn't been in advanced math. (this is from a friend of mine who is a middle school math teacher) There is definitely a drive to get kids into Algebra more quickly. I know Reid's stated goal is to have algebra for all in 8th grade. To get there, every kid has to skip a year of content at some point and the more advanced kids are skipping ahead even earlier. Where the advanced math kids used to take Algebra in either 7th or 8th now I think they will take it in either 6th or 7th and average math kids will take algebra in 8th. I have no idea why this is necessary, but it seems like an FCPS goal and I'm seeing a big difference between even my 2028 kid and my 2031 kid. Seems like a very unnecessary push. [/quote]
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