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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, our principal is discouraging it. I was very surprised. My AAP 5th grader scored 532 on 6th grade Sol, 249 in Map. He is doing 8th grade math on Khan Academy for fun. [/quote]

There are kids ready for A1H in 6th grade but not thousands of kids.

Te right way to run this would be to have a set bar. Kids need a MAP score of X, pass advanced on the 7th grade SOL, and score in the 91st percentile on the IAAT. They can give the IAAT only to the kids with the prerequisite MAP score and the 7th grade math SOL to the kids with the necessary MAP and IAAT scores. Kids who meet the threshold can chose to move to their ES Center and join the AAP class there, where A1H will be taught by an in-person teacher.

You would have a few hundred kids meet the thresehold and they would be able to take the class in person. There would be a smaller number of Alegebra trained teachers in the ES, kids would take the class in person, and the outcome would be better for more kids.

I suspect that there is a good number of parents expunging the Algebra grade from this years 6th grade cohort. I suspect that there will be a good number of kids who continue to geometry with a C or B from this years cohort because parents don't want to "slow down" their kid. I would love to know what percentage started the class and dropped back into Advanced Math/AAP math. But FCPS is not going to share any of that.

And I don't believe the SOL scores because Teachers can teach the kids how to use the desmos calculator to answer questions without the kids actually understanding the concepts. 
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+1. And start the process unannounced at some random point in the year so parents can't excessively prep their kids.[/quote]

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