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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you think there are multiple sections of algebra that are tracked, like one for the kids who are actually ready to take algebra? Do you think the school is putting kids in Grade 8 math and then having them sit for the algebra PARCC? You're going to have a better sense of whether either of these are plausible. [/quote]

I do not know. You'd have to ask each school what they do.[/quote]

OK, so: in the absence of something that would be truly non-standard behavior for DCPS, if your kid is taking algebra in a class with 28 or so kids at that school, only about four of those kids are going to pass the test, another 5 will get 3s, and the rest are wholly unprepared to take algebra.

Which brings us back to: are they teaching it at a level that's inappropriate for most of the class, or at a level that's inappropriate for the small number of kids who are ready to take algebra? If you send your kids there, are you thinking about this or kind of not really because you're not looking at the data?[/quote]

NP here. You sound like a bully. [/quote]

I'm interested in what these parents are thinking. Like, when someone says their kid is on track to take algebra, what does that mean to them at a school where basically all the kids approaching grade level take algebra? Are they not aware of that? Are they aware of it and fine with it? Is the idea, look, there are some trade-offs, and it's worth it to avoid rich kids?[/quote]

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