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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids APS middle school does it and I hate it. It seems especially bad for the 6th grade pre algebra class. It's hard to learn three years of math in one year when your class only meets 2-3 times a week.[/quote]

Why would the sixth grade prealgebra class need to teach three years of math?

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Yeah I don't understand this either.[/quote]

It used to be called Math 6-7-8. [/quote]

It's one year of pre-algrebra.  They are not trying to cram three years of material into one year.[/quote]

How is it not three years of math in one? These kids were all in fifth grade math the year before, at the end of the year they take the 8th grade SOL. That means they have to cover material from.6, 7 and 8th.[/quote]

DP.  You have some bad information.  They do not take the 8th grade SOL at the end of 6th grade.[/quote]

I was told the pre-algebra kids do. [/quote]

You got bad information.  Most APS 8th graders take algebra or geometry in 8th grade.  Only those who are effectively on a remedial math track take pre-algebra in 8th grade. [/quote]

But either way, hundreds of students have managed to complete this course successfully with block scheduling in the past.  If your children is struggling excessively, maybe they should move down to Math 6.  [/quote]

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