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This is Common Core. It has shoved down math by one or two grades. [/quote]

The MCPS Common Core-aligned curriculum has Algebra I in eighth grade for on-grade-level math. So on-grade-level math used to be Algebra I in sixth grade?[/quote]

Shoving math "down" generally means taking something from an upper grade and moving it to a lower grade.

Algebra 1 has long been an ninth grade course, although many kids have taken it early.  CC moves it to eighth, so "down" a grade level.
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Oh, I apologize. I wasn't paying attention and mistook you for somebody who opposes the Common Core for making math too easy. That was silly. Obviously you are somebody who opposes the Common Core for making math too hard.[/quote]

I'm the PP right above you, but not the top PP, so I'm just explaining how I read the post.  I'm also the PP of the post at 6:43 which was my first post on this thread.  I'm also a pretty big CC fan.

It's a fact that CC moves some expectations down a year, although I'd say "shove' is a loaded term to describe it. It's not true that the content the OP seems to be talking about is content that has been moved down because of CC.  MAP tests kids on higher grade level content if they are ready.

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