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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Advanced math is supposed to be offered at every grade level at every school. If it isn't, are parents telling FCPS higher ups about the discrepancy? What is the response?[/quote]

The response is always something along the lines of, "Not our problem. We only are responsible for teaching to minimal standards of the grade level. We have our hands full with students who can't pass the tests, and they make us look bad, so it's all we can focus on."[/quote]

Is it possible that your school actually does have advanced math, but you are not aware of it because your kid does not qualify?

I can see this easily happening, especially in the younger grades.

Of my two kids, one has received advanced math pull outs since kindergarten and is now almost finished with the official advance math elementary track.  We knew he was getting pull outs for math since the first parent conference in K.

My other kid did not get advanced math pullouts and missed qualifying for the official advance math program. The first time advanced math was mentioned with him is when they did the formal assessments in third grade, and even then it was very low key in how it was presented.  If it had not been for my older kid I would not have been aware that the school offered advanced math and language pullouts starting in K.

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New poster. Our school does not offer advanced math except to Level III kids starting in 3rd grade. My son was identified as Level II beginning in Kindergarten, always got 4s in math, and was not offered advanced math until 3rd grade. [/quote]

Piggybacking on your post -- I think there should be more transparency at each elementary school about advanced math offerings. I understand that some ES allow for parent referral for Level III services, including advanced math. However, all parents are not well-informed about this option.[/quote]

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