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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is in 6th this year and in pre-algebra.  I was wondering about this last year and got stonewalled by our elementary school when I asked about the decision process and metrics.

I copy/pasted the text from last year’s notification letter:

VA SOL Grade 5 Math SOL 550+ 
CogAT Quantitative 126+
CogAT Nonverbal 126+
MI Quantile Score 1046

I don’t know if these guidelines are school specific or across APS.

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5th grade doesn’t even teach to that level of Math Inventory.  It would be almost impossible for a student to be at 1046 without outside help/prep.[/quote]

Okay, but I literally copy and pasted from my kid’s letter.  I thought the 1046 MI guideline was odd, because that was my kid’s exact score (according to the same letter).  So maybe it was a typo?  But again, it was a direct c/p from the letter in Parentvue from 2022.

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I doubt it was a typo. Some kids are really good at math and can intuit or reason through material that they haven't been taught. One of my kids had a ridiculously high MI score in 5th that showed they were non par to skip right to Algebra. We didn't do that, went to pre-Algebra in 6th, but just pointing out this can happen. [/quote]

So if a student has never divided fractions they can just reason through it?  Maybe they cover that the end of 5th?[/quote]

Dividing fractions was covered when I was in 5th grade, and the curriculum is more advanced now.[/quote]

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