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People may not realize this, but only 5 or 6 AAP centers allow kids to skip up to 6th grade AAP math while in 5th.  If your kid doesn't attend one of those centers, you're out of luck.  [/quote]

Which AAP centers allow it, if you don't mind sharing?[/quote]

Oops.  It's actually more than 6.
This tool shows all of the schools that have had a 6th grader take the Algebra I SOL. Scroll to the bottom to see the results.
https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/apex/f?p=152:1:6962235569602:SHOW_REPORT::::

If your kid attends one of the listed schools, then your school participates in the FCPS 6th grade Algebra path.  If it isn't listed, then either they haven't had a single student from 2018-2023 meet the criteria, or the school doesn't participate.  [/quote]
Settings for this:  Select school years 2022-2023, 2021-2022, 2020-2021, 2018-2019.  
Report level: School
Division:  fairfax county
Grade: 6
Subject area: Mathematics
Test Algebra I

Leave everything else on default, and then hit submit.  Eventually, the bottom of the page will show all of the schools that had a student take the Algebra I SOL in 6th.

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Statewide data also shows that 6th graders who take Algebra 1, move on to enroll in Geometry in 7th, and Algebra 2 in 8th, have their 8th grade SOL pass rate for Algebra 2 well over 99% for all years (pre pandemic).  Another data point showing advanced 8th graders are highly successful enrolling in Algebra 2.   [/quote]

You are making a case against those who sat acceleration is bad and all the math teachers agree kids are being accelerated too much.  You are making a case that Fairfax could let some more kids into Algebra 1 earlier. 
 You are not making a case that all 6th graders or all black 6th graders, should be enrolled in algebra 1 or given the option to enroll.[/quote]

DP.  Actually, I think those numbers show that FCPS does a good job of picking who should be eligible for Algebra in 6th grade and that there is no reason to expand those numbers.  FCPS knows what it is doing and the small number of triple accelerated kids are successful - there is no reason to increase the number of triple accelerated kids so that teachers complaint about too-accelerated kids will be more evident. (I think teachers are mostly complaining about double-accelerated kids being too-accelerated in their high school math classes, fwiw, not the triple-accelerated kids.)[/quote]

The kids who are allowed into Algebra 1 in 6th grade do well because the screening process works, yes. Too bad the screening process is not used across the County because there are kids who are not given the opportunity.

The SOL pass rate for Algebra 1 in 7th grade does show that the screening process works because the vast majrity of the kids pass the SOL, and a pretty high percentage are passing it with scores above 500. The same goes for Geometry in 7th and 8th grade and Algebra 2 in 8th grade. The kids who are in those classes are successful. It would be interesting to know how many kids in Algebra 1 drop back to 7th H because they are struggling with the class or who have the grade expunged because the kid struggled. We cannot look those numbers up but we know kids drop back to 7th H and we know kids have the grade expunged. [/quote]

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