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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]M3 is not E3 - yea confusing perhaps but different things. M3 is Moli stone math that is where the M comes in. Forget the E3 title.

I have one LIV AAP kid currently in 7th grade algebra and another kid at the center. Our base started LLIV this year and is doing E3 math. While we chose center instead, for several reasons and math is one, I did attend all the info sessions. At least at our base they were a hit cagey when pressed on math saying things like it’s practically the same as at the center or that it just doesn’t get to percents yet.

Notably, when asked directly what math SOL the students would take in 6th grade and would it be the next year higher, they could not say yes. That was a big indicator to me the curriculum is different enough. [/quote]
Is taking the next year's higher SOL in 6th grade used for determining whether a kid goes to Algebra 1 in 7th grade?[b] If 6th graders don't take the year-ahead SOL, would that preclude 7th grade Algebra 1?[/b][/quote]

Quoted PP back - That is my understanding yes, you need pass advanced on that SOL as one criteria (IAAT score is the other criteria) for Alg 1 in 7th.[/quote]
Thanks. Do we know what happened at the 10 ES that piloted E3 last year -- did their 6th graders take the 7th grade SOL or at least have the option to take it?[/quote]

I'd be curious to know if 6th graders were involved in the pilot of E3, I thought it was starting at lower grades and expanding from there. At our school only the 4th grade (which is the first year advanced math is offered - we are not a center or local level IV school) is doing E3. I don't know if it will follow them to 5th grade or what. [/quote]
That makes sense from a pilot perspective to start at a younger grade. However, if last year's 10 ES pilots were also limited to fourth grade, we won't know what FCPS intends to do with sixth graders until after the program is likely installed across the county which is unfortunate. Seeing if students are prepared to take the Grade 7 SOL would be a good way of determining whether E3 does in fact have the same pacing as advanced math. Have schools provided the syllabus for E3 4th grade so it could be compared with comparable advanced math?[/quote]

We have not gotten a syllabus for 4th grade. We weren't even told our school was using it until some parents with older kids who had been through advanced math noticed that their kids were not getting the same content or instructional time. [/quote]
Do parents with older kids think the E3 curriculum is less rigorous than advanced math? Also, when you say kids are getting a different amount of instructional time, does that mean the duration/length of math class is different or that they're getting a different amount of instruction within the same duration class?[/quote]

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