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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just ignore the trolls lying about "many other countries" they know nothing about. They are same ones who think their $300-$1M annual HHI is "middle class" [/quote]

What those people fail to fully grasp, is that many of the countries where the majority of HS are advanced in Math and Science track students starting in ES and they don't educate every student in the country. The scores that we see are the scores of the kids who made it through 2-3 levels of testing that allowed them to attend a college prep HS. We don't see the scores of the kids who are weeded out of those tracks in ES or MS or the kids who never attended school. While the scores in the US represent the scores of all students in the US, regardless of ability and or likelihood of attending college in the future.

Europe does this, there are tests in 5th year, which I think is the equivalent of 4th grade in the US, to determine what school you attend for MS and HS. Kids who don't do well on those tests are sent to schools that lead to votech schools, kids who score high enough on them are sent to schools that are all college prep. Kids at the college prep MS/HS can be moved to the votech schools if their grades drop. The ones who do well enough in their classes will sit their A levels.

I know that South Korea, Japan, and China have kids take tests in ES and MS and HS for promotion and that those tests are stressful.

We are not comparing apples and oranges when we compare the US scores to the rest of the worlds. [/quote]
irrelevant world detour.

In FCPS, Algebra 1 by 8th grade is considered gen ed, while AAP students enroll in Geometry in 8th, and advanced students complete Algebra 2 by that time.

"All eighth grade students can enroll in Algebra or Algebra Honors. There are no pre-requisites."[/quote]

But some schools are better at providing these options than others. Let's just be honest here.[/quote]
These are all  FCPS schools, managed by FCPS. Students leverage what's provisioned to them, and do their part by showing up at school without attendance issues and putting in hardwork to learn. Few schools are better than others academically, similar to how few schools have better performing sports teams than others. [/quote]

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