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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At BTSN, my kid’s teacher said they cover 3rd grade [b]and 1/4 of 4th grade [/b](AAP center). Not sure of exact pacing after that, but 6th graders still get to test into Alg I, so I think it’s fine. I generally think acceleration (vs going deeper) is a race to nowhere.[/quote]

Up through last year it was 1/2 of 4th grade, so that by 5th grade they were fully learning 6th grade math and took the math 6 SOL. Is that planned to change?

"Going deeper" is often a euphemism for "making gifted kids teach their classmates" or "making gifted kids infer how to work a problem from a few examples" rather than doing the kind of going deeper that AOPS or Singapore Math or the like would do. The problem is not actually with going deeper, but that overburdened teachers don't really do that. Acceleration ensures that advanced kids can be at least somewhat challenged simply by the nature of the pace. I think so many people prefer it because it provides a bare minimum standard to be met that is at least a little (depending on your kid and their skillset) interesting. "Going deeper" is too fuzzy without a solid curriculum behind it, and heavens knows VDOE and FCPS haven't put out a solid curriculum for math in decades. Back in 2000 Virginia was held up as a state on the right side of the math wars, but it's been going downhill since.[/quote]

This makes sense.  I have a 3 grader and a 5 grader in AAP.  5th grader is ready for 6th grade math this year based on the foundation laid in 3rd and 4th.  3rd grader is currently learning place value and rounding, so I'm guessing he will fall behind where his sibling was by 4th grade.  It's all kind of odd because the younger child has more of an interest in math. [/quote]

I just looked at math for the other grades and they've ALL been gutted. My kindergartener can do most of the stuff they have listed for end of first grade. What they have listed as Kindergarten math looks more like PreK math imo. WTH. [/quote]

The state standards changed. So Kindergarten changes are due to state not FCPS. Adv math in 3rd and 4th are FCPS decisions. [/quote]

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