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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the name maybe has changed - something about being aligned with Eureka math. My kid is in 6th, and in AMP 7+ (formerly AIM). The follow up to that class is Algebra in 7th and Geometry in 8th. My kid was not in 'compacted math 5/6', just in whatever was the advanced math cohort in 4th/5th. They called it Math 5 plus or something.

While I do think there's a lot silly rebranding going on(calling honors for every English class etc) I also think there's an unhealthy trend of everyone in mcps into forced acceleration in math, when it will just not be necessary for most people's lives. I have a graduate degree in applied maths and I guarantee that most people (outside of engineers, hard science, applied math folks) will not need anything beyond alg 2/trig. People would be better served taking several years of statistics. Also, just looking at the mean and ranges of SAT scores shows you that despite all the enriched classes students are just missing the basics. No point in learning differential equations if you cannot just logically solve an algebra problem or calculate a probability. [/quote]

Maybe you're the one having trouble with statistics? The people in enriched classes are the ones getting 700-800 on the SAT... and getting STEM degrees.

The "everyone" you are imagining are the STEM children of STEM parents who cluster in STEM-friendly neighborhoods in a STEM-heavy region. [/quote]

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