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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS is at TJ and knows a couple of the Nysmith kids in his grade.  And both kids were underprepared in math. They both came in with a class called Alebra II under their belt. But were apparently not prepared to handle Math 4, which is the normal placement for a FCPS kid who has completed A2. One kid ended up placing into Math 2.5, which is for weaker math students who have not yet taken A2.  The other went into Math 4, tanking the class and having to remediate in Algebra and Geometry and retake Math 4 the next semester.

All A2 classes are not created equal. And apparently Nysmith engages in the math version of vanity sizing. [/quote]

I’m a former Fcps teacher. I’ve said this on this site many times. Most kids taking higher level math classes in private schools ARE far behind the public school kids. While many hate the sols, I think the sols and the uniform pacing guides require a certain end result for every student. Kids in private school also have gaps in their working math knowledge that is only discovered when they falter for awhile and we can see the problem is deeper than not understanding the present lesson.  Kids in the “highest” math group in a private are typically not equal to the same math groups in public. [/quote]
That makes sense that the elite kids at public fair better than those at private when many public schools have 3000 kids and most private’s have about 400.[/quote]

Huh? Two kids who are both purportedly ready for Algebra 1 honors (just an example) should both be able to handle the work adequately 
but those coming from private struggle because of gaps. Either the kid is well prepared or he is t. [/quote]

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