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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The process itself would be beneficial for getting the word out.  Perhaps VDOE is seriously not pursuing detracking or removing acceleration.  However LCPS is eliminating a great deal of acceleration, and has already done so.[/quote]

What did it eliminate? algebra in 6th?

Is that a "great deal"? [/quote]

They have eliminated algebra in 6th grade.  In some schools a majority of students are taking algebra in 7th grade.  This is gone for all of them except the small portion that can get into pre-algebra in 6th grade.  Even this pathway is eliminated for current 4th graders.  They will then be getting algebra in 8th grade, and really it will be 9th grade if they are following the VMPI courses.[/quote]

VMPI isn't changing how schools implement acceleration. If schools want to offer the equivalent of Math 8 in 6th grade, as they do today, they will still be able to do that. Nothing from VDOE is preventing that.

VDOE defined what went into Math 8, not when kids take it. Same thing for the blended courses.

BUT there are other school districts in the area that have already slowed the acceleration and cut down on the compressed math in middle school. This was happening way before VMPI. 
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Agree [/quote]

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