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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Other than Montgomery County which spends considerably more per child than FCPS and doesn't teach advanced math in general ed, what other school systems are teaching advanced instruction better than FCPS?[/quote]

What do you mean Montgomery County doesn't teach advanced math in General Ed?  Any student has the option of starting advanced math at the Compacted 4/5 level without regard to entry into HGC (highly gifted center).[/quote]

How is this better than Fairfax? [b]FCPS allows for all children to access basic grade level standards 1 grade above starting in kindergarten[/b]. They also teach basic and extended math standards for the grade above starting in 3rd for AAP. The general ed program is already at the level of MCPS, but starts 4 years earlier.[/quote]

They do?  I didn't know that.[/quote]

Yes. It's right here. If a particular school doesn't because of staffing or a principal decision, parents can contact their school board rep. Typically K doesn't offer much advanced math instruction from the teacher (usually it's an advanced math computer game or something), but I haven't heard of any issues from 1st grade on with advanced math instruction. http://www.fcps.edu/is/math/elementary/
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This was a few years ago now, but my child and three others were being pulled out for advanced math in both K and first grade. In second grade they pre-tested all the kids before each chapter and put them into different groupings. My child, the three others from K and first grade, and a small group of other kids were always in the most advanced group and were working ahead all year. It's possible a parent might not know their child was working ahead, although I seem to recall being told about it at the teachers conference. So, yes, they've been doing this for a while. 
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