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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So is AIM still the most advanced 6th grade math class leading to Algebra in 7th, or is it only AMP7+ now?

Is AMP 7+ offered at Eastern?[/quote]

AMP6+ and AMP7+ are part of the purchased MS curriculum (Illustrative Math).  They combine/compact 6th, 7th & 8th grade Math into 2 years of instruction.  It is not entirely linear, with modules from the different grades being moved around a bit to help with that compaction, but, to some degree at least, one can think of 6+ as all of 6th and half of 7th and 7+ as the rest of 7th and all of 8th.  These courses are better aligned with both the ES curriculum (Eureka; "Compacted" Math 5/6 takes from both Eureka and Illustrative Math), and the Algebra 1 course (also Illustrative Math, IIRC) that meets the current standard.

AIM combined/compacted 7th and 8th grade Math frombthe old MCPS proprietary C2.0 that no longer aligns with the current standard.  Though its pace is greater and one might think it would cover all of the material between Math 5/6 and Algebra 1, it leaves out elements that the current Algebra 1 course would expect to have been covered.

Schools were left to choose AIM or AMP7+ as alternatives to get students in 6th from Math 5/6 in 5th to Algebra 1 in 7th.  As they were all implementing AMP6+ and 7+ anyway for those starting acceleration in 6th, and as there were discontinuities whether one chose 7+ ("missing" that "first half" of 7th, though note the compaction rearrangement of modules) or AIM (curriculum not aligned/missing coverage of certain concepts), many middle schools chose to go with the former.

So...the answer is either one could be considered the most advanced of the standard offerings for 6th, each leading to Algebra 1 in 7th.

Here's hoping nobody jumps in with what have become overplayed, unhelpful insinuations in this forum related to grade skipping for even greater acceleration.  That exists, and may not be equitably accessible, but are not exactly germane to your question and are portrayed here in jaundiced tones.[/quote]

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