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[quote=Anonymous][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.
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My kid's counselor told me Reid has pushed for every 8th grader to take Algebra 1, effective this year. This would include Special Education students.

So, any kid who was in grade level math last year (Math 7) was pushed to Algebra 1 this year. Kids need to be confident in Math, especially Algebra as it lays the foundation for so many years of Math to come. If this was the plan and it was known last year, you'd think they would have worked on the curriculum so that every child in 8th was a little more prepared.

I think it's unfair to everyone, notably teachers and students, if this was the plan. I had never heard about it, and only learned of it during a conference with my kid's counselor.

https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/leadership/strategic-plan/goal-3-academic-growth-and-excellence[/quote]

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