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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The State of Virginia changed the math curriculum requirements and that is what is being taught now. Advanced Math continues but the curriculum has changed to reflect the new curriculum for third, fourth, and fifth grade.[/quote]

There was a thread comparing the standards. The changes in 3rd grade advanced math ARE SUBSTANTIALLY different than the changes in the math standards at the state level. The current 3rd grade advanced math standards include incredibly little (certainly not half) of the 4th grade math standards at the state level. This is different than prior 3rd grade advanced math standards compared to 3rd grade state-level standards.

Virginia's updated standards, which I know happens every 7 years or whatever, do not entirely explain the changes to the 3rd grade standards.[/quote]
There were some changes in the content of 3rd grade standards in the recent 2023 SOL update. On the plus side, the new standards call for students to memorize their multiplication and division facts, something the prior standards did not. On the negative side, they eliminated multiplying a two-digit number by a one-digit number, +/- of fractions with like denominators, and added data literacy projects (as VMPI had called for).

However, on top of the standards changes, there is the issue that the PP raises above which is whether FCPS has moved away from covering half of 4th grade SOL content in advanced 3rd grade math and is instead moving to implement E3 broadly. It would be strategic to implement E3 at the same time that the standards change so that it would be harder for the public to know what is driving the content changes. Also, remember that the original intention was to implement VMPI with the 2023 SOL update and E3 was likely always a part of FCPS's VMPI plan. While the state VMPI proposal was ended, FCPS could still implement the parts of VMPI under its control, like E3.  [/quote]

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