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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]

Don't kid yourself.  FCPS math is weak and leads to a lot of gaps in understanding, too.  The types of kids who are admitted to TJ from FCPS are not strong in math due to the FCPS math programs.  Many of them are taking math at RSM, AoPS, or some other advanced math academy.  The main difference seems to be that families who are already paying tons of money for private school are less likely to pay even more for rigorous extracurricular math programs, whereas those getting free public school will.  [/quote]

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