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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m curious the kids who don’t have enough math to graduate… how did they wind up being so advanced? What were your elementary/middle schools? My kids are zoned for Einstein and have done highest level offered at Elementary and Middle School (Sligo) so come in two years ahead. Einstein has AP Calc AB and BC and AP Stats as well as IB math. How many MCPS kids really need more? What percentage even take MVC?[/quote]

Ib math is good but not equal to ap.  Some of the feeder schools allow algebra in 6th.  So, it goes, algebra, geometry, algebra2, precal, calc bc, multivariable calc, then linear algebra or stats is or something else.  Einstein slows down kids pushing ab, then bc but a few just do bc.  More would do mvc if offered.  Right now parents have to drive to Wheaton or students go to MC with driving themselves or parents.  We have some classes with ten or less students so it doesn’t make sense not to offer it.  [/quote]

This math progression seems insanely accelerated. I went to a W school and graduated in the early 2000s. I did algebra in 8th grade and geometry in 9th. That track was the accelerated track at the time. If you did algebra in 9th grade you were on level. If you did algebra in 7th grade you were super gifted. I’d estimate that there were maybe 10-20 kids in the last category per grade in high school. In 9th grade taking geometry I was probably one of about 60-70% with ~30-40% in algebra in 9th grade.

Those who did geometry in 9th typically did AP calculus in 12th grade and lots like myself did AP statistics as a second math class. Those who did geometry in 8th grade (those 10-20 kids) were in my BC Calculus class as 11th graders and took MVC as 12th graders.

When did algebra in 6th become the norm?[/quote]

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