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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Advanced Math (gen ed) at our school has been a struggle.  Lots of disruptions threw off pacing.  Disruptions include student behavior (some resulting in suspensions) but also an emergency family situation with the teacher.  Due to teacher shortages — and the last minute nature of events — advanced math has been reduced to 15 minutes a day sometimes not at all for a long stretch.  No doubt these things have impacted some students’ preparedness for IAAT relative to their peers elsewhere in FCPS.  Unfortunately for them, they will not be given any special consideration.[/quote]

I feel for cases like this, our DD had a teacher who had health issues for half the year (the last two quarters) of 5th grade and struggled to put together an even curriculum the first two. DD was not prepared to step into 6th grade AAP math (and neither was half that class) and needed some outside sessions for the first 2 months of school to learn the concepts her cohorts had learned the previous year.

I am sure people will argue she should not have been in AAP but as children advance through grades they still have to be exposed to information and the quality of teacher makes a large difference, which as a parent can be very frustrating if you don't fund out there is an issue until later.[/quote]

Thanks.  It has been frustrating.  I’m not sure any of the kids got past 90%.  There’s just a handful of kids (15?) in the class.  I’d assumed my kid with test anxiety was the only one who didn’t pass the 90% (which is cool by me).  However, parents talking about MS classes said their kids wouldn’t be taking 8th grade math.  Maybe some passed but parents already decided they’d opt out or some don’t want to assume anything about the SOL.[/quote]

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