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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s amazing how so many TJ parents here don’t even mention the IBET cohort and the fact that many students start with Geometry in the 8th grade do very well.

Even the TJ outreach committee addressed this topic several times during their Q and A and strongly encouraged kids to take Geometry at TJ because the one offered in middle school or summer is not as deep and intense as the one at TJ.

Why are people spreading FUD about TJ? [/quote]

I would be surprised to hear that the TJ Outreach Committee had been telling parents that their kids are better served taking Geometry at TJ 3 years ago. I would guess that is being said more now because they are concerned about kids taking Geometry over the summer to catch up with the kids who are in Algebra II at TJ. Kids have been attending TJ having completed Geometry at the MS for years and thriving at TJ, so I doubt that it has anything to do with how the MS teach Geometry.

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My kid took Geometry over the summer and is getting As in TJ math despite other kids not getting As. [/quote]

Summer geometry is tricky, because there's going to be a huge difference in outcomes between the kids taking it between 7th and 8th to reach Algebra II in 8th vs. those who are taking it between 8th and 9th.  The first group is on average much more mathematically talented.   There's also going to be a huge difference in outcomes between the kids who have already taken geometry through outside enrichment programs and are just jumping through a FCPS hoop vs. the kids who haven't already learned most of the course content.  [/quote]

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