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[quote=Anonymous]If you aren't ready and don't have the foundation, math is just not something you can or should rush through.

I posted earlier about the differences in math SOL scores ate our center between the fifth graders taking the fifth grade math SOL and the ones taking the sixth grade math SOL.

There is a roughly 20 pt drop in fifth grade when the kids in accelerated math are removed from the scoring pool.

That is significant, and shows that the kids not in the advanced math are likely taking all the math they can handle, at a pace that they can more or less handle.

So no, 20:37, the non AAp kids who are not already taking the accelerated math absolutely cannot handle the pace of the AAP curriculum.

If they were scoring in the same upper 90% range on the fifth grade math that the AAP and advanced math kids were scoring on the 6th grade SOLs, then maaaybe you could make that argument. But that is not happening. When just those kids are scored separately they are scoring 20% lower in math than the advance math and AAP kids, and much lower than every other grade in the entire school.

Of all the parts of the AAP curriculum, the advanced math is one that should only be offered to the kids that completely show they have the skills and foundation to handle it.[/quote]

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