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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi All-OP here. Teacher came back and told us that there is a cutoff. Only students with MAP scores of 240 or up were recommended. My child was 5 points below the cutoff. Do you all have the same cutoff at your school?[/quote]

My son, not in compacted math, with a score below 240 in 5th grade, was bumped from his Math 6.0 to IM in 6th grade by the math department. He’s done well ever since. It’s not like any of this stuff is hard :-)

If you think your child can handle it, you can take it up with the middle school. They will assess your child and decide.
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I'm interested to see as these kids in compacted math get to high school how they perform. I agree that many kids would do well in the middle school math: IM, Algebra, etc - these are not hard classes. But, with Alg 2 honors, the math really ramps up. My child found the pace to be MUCH faster than his previous math courses and a lot more intense. I wonder if these kids will have the math skills and also be mature enough to handle this course, and the subsequent ones, at this younger age.[/quote]

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