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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those kids and more specifically, their parents are trying to get a leg up to get into TJ. TJ admissions has caught on and won't admit all of them.  Most of them would do better by just taking geometry in 8th grade. Then they struggle to do the same in HS.  [b]There are very few math geniuses but everyone wants to look like one.[/b] It's a race to nowhere. [/quote]

Your argument doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t take a math genius to take Algebra 2 in 8th. The math geniuses are not taking Algebra 2 in 8th, they’re probably taking linear algebra or differential equations or something even higher. [/quote]

Splitting hairs about "genius" misses the point.

TJ takes 500 of 25000 students per year: 2%.

That's substantially more than the number of students taking Algebra 2 in 8th and doing well in it. [b]A lot of students (parents) push into that level and don't do well[/b].
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Not sure what you're basing that on. Generally at least three quarters of kids taking Algebra 2 in 8th grade score pass advanced on their SOL and virtually all pass. They are the highest performing of all SOL cohorts.[/quote]

One quarter of them aren't higher performing than the students who pass advanced in 9th
grade.

I don't believe a student should be taking Alg 2 an extra year early if they aren't passing advanced. That's not a good foundation for 4 more years of math after Algebra 2.

Whats the value in "advancing"  faster by skipping learning some of the material? 
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At least 75% score pass advanced. Last year (2021-22), 87% of FCPS 8th graders taking Algebra 2 scored pass advanced. (Carson 89%, Cooper 100%, Jackson 92%, Longfellow 83%, Rocky Run 91%).

The 75% was from 2020-21 and thus affected by covid/virtual learning. In order to ensure coverage of algebra concepts, some teachers skipped the statistics sections during covid. That wouldn't affect kids moving on to precalc and calc but would affect their SOL score. For 2018-19 pre-covid, 90% scored pass advanced.[/quote]

Not just that year.  The statistics section was lowering scores for a lot of kids who got As in Algebra 2.  Some of the teachers don't cover that portion, and stick to the traditional algebra 2 topics.[/quote]
Makes sense. Focus on Algebra 2 concepts and make sure kids are solid in the skills they need for precalculus and calculus. Accelerated kids have space in their schedule to take AP Stats later where they can get a better introduction to statistics than they would from the limited coverage in Algebra 2 anyhow.[/quote]

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