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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re math, at the open house they said 6th grade math is not tracked and the point is for equity, to give the below grade kids a chance to catch up before they start tracking in 7th. This worried me and, to your point, made me concerned my DC will be spending all day on Ed Tech while other kids get actual instruction. This is not that different to what is happening in 5th now and I’m not happy about it. [/quote]

They are stuck on this and will figure out they need to track in 6th too eventually. I find this very misguided but I think it is the same everywhere so not a dealbreaker. Starting in 7th there is tracking. [/quote]

SH does not do this. They bump up 6th graders into 7th grade math immediately based on certain criteria (I believe iready scores). Deal also does something similar. [/quote]

Some of this might have to do with cohort. Bumping 6th graders into the 7th grade math class is not classic "tracking". It's done on a case by case basis for kids who have truly mastered all the 6th grade content. SH and Deal do this because they have kids in pretty much every cohort who are in that situation. Heck, our Hill elementary school does this even in lower grades for kids who are ready -- not uncommmon to have 1 or 2 kids in a grade who are bumped to the next grade up for math (or sometimes reading) starting in 3rd or 4th.

Eliot-Hine is smaller than SH or Deal and has more recently been retaining some of the high achieving kids from feeder elementaries. So to the extent they aren't doing this, it might largely be a function of having smaller cohorts and fewer advanced kids. I would assume that as the school grows and retains more IB kids, you will see them doing the same thing SH does. It's still not "tracking" for 6th, as it doesn't impact most kids, but it does provide an opportunity for a small minority of kids who might benefit, who can then do 8th grade math in 7th.  Opportunities in 8th will vary though -- I think Deal has enough kids to offer Geometry to 8th graders but I don't think SH does. So this has it's limits depending on cohort.[/quote]

This. I believe SH is offering Geometry this year because I was at the Eastern open house and some kids said they were in Geometry.

The Eastern open house was very good, I left impressed and will have it on my kid's list. I hope improved perception of Eastern benefits Eliot-Hine.[/quote]

SH does not have a geometry class[/quote]

Huh, well I must have gotten it mixed up. But it was definitely a question at the Eastern open house-- will 9th graders be allowed into Algebra II? Several kids, I don't know what middle school they were at, wanted the answer to this question. The adminstrator seemed a bit surprised but said that Eastern could easily allow 9th graders into Algebra II if needed. Probably by just putting them in with the 10th/11th graders that are already taking it (which is fine).[/quote]

[b]EH has the geometry class. About 20 students. [/b][/quote]

Ah, sorry for mixing it up. Good to know! [/quote]

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