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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Normal pace is AP Calculus BC in 12th grade.   Accelerated is AP calculus BC in 10th grade. [/quote]
Simple explanation. Gracias![/quote]

While BC in 12th might be common with bright/gifted kids, it’s still accelerated.

[b]From the National Association for Gifted Children: [/b]
https://nagc.org/page/glossary
[i]Acceleration 
A strategy of progressing through education at rates faster or ages younger than the norm. This can occur through grade skipping or subject acceleration (e.g., a fifth-grade student taking sixth-grade math).[/i]
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In "equity math", even Algebra 1 by 8th grade is considered acceleration, which fcps strongly rejects.

Extreme left doesn't want summer math enrollment, but FCPS encourages summer math advancement.

https://www.fcps.edu/careers/career-opportunities/summer/algebra-power-up

Calculus BC by 12th grade is not acceleration. [/quote]

Most of the country sees Algebra 1 in 8th grade as accelerated. At least 1/3 of the MS in the country do not offer Algebra 1 in 8th grade. The other 2/3 restrict who can take Algebra in 8th grade. Even in FCPS, where Algebra by 8th grade is being actively promoted, 1/3 of the kids don't take Algebra 1 in 8th grade and about 25% of the FCPS studetns take Calculus. The majority of the students who take Algebra in MS will take an alternative math path that does not include Calculus.

It is good to have Calculus as an option for students who are interested in it, but it is not the math path [b]the majority of students in FCPS[/b] will take.

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FRM & URM students should enroll in FCPS recommended normal progression of Calculus BC in 12 Grade. Why call a normal progression as accelerated? is it discourage the FRM & URMs? [/quote]

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