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[quote=Anonymous]A fundamental problem is defining Algebra 1 as an "on grade level" course for 8th grade, rather than 9th. At some point, someone decided that middle schools/middle school principals were going to be evaluated by what % of 8th graders take Algebra 1. So, lots of kids are being placed who aren't ready, which hurts everyone. In 2005, my son did get through it with a B, did well on the countywide exam and passed the HSA. Those who got below a B repeated the class in 9th grade. I'm talking about a Bethesda middle school, by the way. What gave my son trouble was the large class size, plus, I later realized, the large # of students not ready for the abstraction of Algebra.[/quote]
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