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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]OP, my kid and a ton of his friends are really struggling this year in Algebra 1 Honors. As far as I know, tons of Cs and below and a lot of retakes on the Unit 1 test, which had lower scores than the original. [/b]

We have heard things around the Curriculum in Math 7 Honors not being as robust as in the past and therefore the kids not being as ready as possible for Algebra 1 Honors.

Hang in there. We're in a bad spot, too. Tough to see your kid struggling, but I agree with the PPs to start with the teacher and the counselor to determine their POV. [/quote]

+1. NP. We are in the same spot. I am wondering if we are all at the same middle school. When I reached out to the counselor, she said she had met with several students from the same class, all of whom had struggled with the test and the retake.

What did you decide to do, OP? Somewhat different from your student, my DC had straight As, including an A in 7H math, up until this Algebra class. We are coming down to the wire with deciding whether to drop to regular Algebra or continue on and possibly expunge. The teacher and counselor were well-meaning but not much help in deciding what to do. The teacher said my kid was a pleasure to have in class, and the counselor said said my kid was such a strong student, so was surprised this was happening. They weren't really sure of the deadlines. Does the decision have to be made before 10/31? Or can it be made after 10/31 but before report cards are distributed? [/quote]

I k ow someone who teaches math in MS and it doesn’t sound to me like this is unique to one school. My understanding is the push from higher-ups is to keep these students in higher level math courses. From the beginning of the SY teachers knew the students weren’t ready, but the schools were telling families differently and student course selections were bumped up. There are classes of 8th graders in Algebra who failed the Math 7 SOL. They are failing. Imagine struggling with Math 7 and then skipping Math 8 to take algebra.[/quote]

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