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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In public, standard for Algebra 1 is 7th or 8th, and some start it in 6th for average to smart kids.  Kids who struggle start it in 8-9th.[/quote]

That's not true.  Common core has Algebra 1 as 9th grade math, Geometry in Grade 10 and Algebra 2 in 11th.

It's true that a good chunk of public school kids will do Algebra 1 in 7th grade or 8th grade, particularly in wealthy areas.   A select few will do Algebra 1 in 6th grade.

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FCPS is piloting Algebra 1 in 6th grade, it is believed that there are around 500 6th graders at 20 ES taking Algebra 1H this year. As it is, about 15% of FCPS 7th graders take Algebra 1H as 7th graders and 75% of all 8th graders will have completed Algebra 1, some honors some regular, by the end of 8th grade. Algebra 1 in 9th grade is for kids struggling with math. The goal in FCPS is for every student to have Algebra 1 by 8th grade.

Virginia s not a common core state, so there is that. I do think that it is more common for Algebra 1 in 8th grade to be considered accelerated in most of the US but Algebra 1 in 7th grade is not unusual in the NOVA area public schools.[/quote]

Algebra in 6th?! How does that compare to other nations I wonder. And what does that progression look like, maybe

6 - algebra
7 - geometry
8- algebra 2? Do schools still do this? 
9 - precalc
10 - AP Calc I
11 - AP Calc II
12 - AP Stat or a comp sci class[/quote]

Based on the kids I knew at TJ who did Algebra 1 in 6th, it's:

6 - Algebra 1
7 - Geometry
8 - Algebra 2 (maybe with Trig)
9 - Precalc (with Trig if not taken with Algebra 2)
10 - AP Calc BC (that's college calc 1 & 2)
11 - Multivariable Calculus (calc 3) / Linear Algebra 
12 - Differential Equations / Complex Analysis

Getting you basically a college minor in math before you even set foot on campus, assuming the 11th and 12th grade classes are dual enrolled somewhere you can get credit for at most schools - in FCPS that would be with George Mason.

Nobody takes algebra 1 in 6th in order to stretch a year of college calculus over 2 years of high school.[/quote]

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