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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the parents that I've talked to have decided to wait until 7th. Let kids be kids[/quote]

Assistant Principal here. We are discouraging this. Especially if the data shows they should not be taking it. We have kids with 420s on SOL who signed up and less than 90th percentiles on MAP. [/quote]

You're discouraging kids who should not be taking it in 6th from waiting an extra year? Is there a typo here?[/quote]

It’s pretty clear she meant they are discouraging kids from taking A1H. Especially if they don’t have high test scores.[/quote]

I knew what the PP meant from the rest of the context, but "discouraging this" is ambiguous by itself when the PPP wrote kids were waiting for 7th. [/quote]

The difference between taking it in 6th versus 7th is huge because 7th/8th is prealgebra.

Things tested on in 7th grade - 2 step equations and inequalities, simplifying expressions, evaluating expressions, slope, linear functions, etc.

The only algebra concepts in 6th grade math are one step equations, graphing a basic inequality, and plotting points on coordinate plane.

So yes, a kid scoring a 420 should not be signing up for Algebra 1. [/quote]

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