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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I tried to find the number of 6th graders who took Algebra 1 using the SOL score site.

There were 31 6th graders who took the Algebra 1 SOL last year. Then I re-ran the report by schools in FCPS with 6th graders who took the EOC (HS Level seems to be EOC) for Algebra 1. There were 13 schools listed but the normal fields for count, pass advanced, pass, fail and the like were not listed due to numbers being so small.

The schools were Churchill Road, Forestville, Greenbriar West, Haycock, Holmes, Kent Garden, Lemon Road, Mosaic, Navy, Oakton, Spring Hill, Timber Lane, and Willow Springs.

There were 1,680 7th graders who took Algebra 1 SOL last year.

There were 6,635 8th graders who took the Algebra 1 SOL last year.

There might be an ES school or two that has a “class” of kids taking Algebra 1 but I am not so certain that they are being taught at the ES and not taking the class online. I would guess most of those kids are being bussed to a MS and then to ES if they are taking a physical class.

If the link below doesn’t work, google VDOE test Results Builder   https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/apex_captcha/home.do?apexTypeId=306

You can run the report for multiple years and see what schools have have 6th graders in Algebra 1 for a period of years. I am going to guess that the numbers will remain small.

OP, there are not many kids in Algebra 1 in 6th grade. Not going to lie, DS has not been challenged in FCPS math since he started school. His Quant CoGAT was a 140 so I don’t think he met the threshold for Algebra 1 in 6th grade, even with Pass Advanced SOLs every year and iReadys 80 points or more higher then the end of year threshold. We moved him into RSM Math in 4th grade so that he would have some math there that would challenge him. He says that he likes the RSM and that it is more interesting then school math but most of it is still not hard. They have harder problems and more applied problems so it is more interesting and he does have to think about things more. Your solution might be to look at AoPS or RSM for math challenge but I would be surprised if your school moved your child to Algebra 1 this far into the school year. I could be wrong but I would not wait until the end of the quarter to see what the school says only because it will be harder to catch up every week she is not in Algebra 1.[/quote]

Wow, thanks for the link to the data and for digging into it.  Lots of new info/tests (SOLs, etc.) for me to learn about coming from out of state.  I am sure there are plenty of FCPS kids capable of being further accelerated in math, but based on the numbers, [b]it does not seem like FCPS generally allows students to get as far ahead in math as our prior school district did.[/b]  She completed 8th grade math in 5th grade, so some of Algebra I will even be a review.  I doubt she'll be able to move into Algebra I at this point of the year unless the online course is self-paced. This was more of an info-gathering post for me to better understand FCPS math options, once I saw that some middle schools offer Algebra II, so I appreciate you taking the time to respond.  [/quote]

Real geniuses get ahead. Never say this after FCPS allowed a fifth grader into TJ this year. [/quote]
Citation for this?[/quote]

It’s obviously not true.[/quote]
It’s idiotic that someone keeps posting this[/quote]

Let me explain how things work: just because YOU haven’t heard of something, does not make it false.

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