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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The first actual cohorting going forward is precalculus in 6th. If the student doesn't make the cut for that, then the next opportunity is Integrated Algebra 1 in 8th.

Right now, 4th grade is the big acceleration placement year.  Going forward, 4th grade placement doesn't matter and 6th and 8th grade placements matter.   [/quote]

Agreed that 6th grade will be the first true acceleration going forward.  But there are and will continue to be 3 pathways, all of which will likely be determined going into 6th grade: highly accelerated (pre-algebra in 6th and algebra in 7th); moderately accelerated 6/7 in 6th and 7/8 in 7th and then algebra in 8th; or grade level math in grades 6-8 and then algebra in 9th.

I expect fewer kids will do the fastest path than now, because it would have them in calculus in 10th grade.  They will likely have more of the advanced kids taking Algebra in 8th rather than 7th, and probably crack down on the schools that currently let grade level kids take algebra in 8th and instead make sure all non-advanced kids wait until 9th for algebra.  [/quote]

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