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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent of 9th and 6th graders in LCPS, both bright honors students, there has been no discouragement of taking Algebra in 8th or even in 7th. My 9th grader took it in 7th and did great and is currently in A2T. My current 6th grader is in Foundations and has already been told that she may take Algebra or Pre Algebra next year - her choice. She has had a high A average all year in Foundations.

No one has discouraged anything. [/quote]
Good that it has worked for your kids. There are different types of discouragement. LCPS has been explicit in discouraging 6th grade Algebra 1 in public statements and actions. However, there are other types of discouragement that are not explicit, like raising eligibility thresholds. Over the last five years or so, LCPS brought down the share of kids taking middle school Algebra 1 from roughly 80% to 60%, motivated by the 2016 SOL revision which emphasized algebra readiness/9th grade Algebra 1 and anticipation of the former VMPI. This is implicit discouragement. The concern is whether this trend will continue which is generating the interest in this year's selection process. Hopefully your 6th grader's positive experience applies to others as well.[/quote]

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