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I read all of the studies on the results of kids in the advanced math path (Algebra 6th grade) and they all fell off and many ended up at a lower level than kids that took the more traditional route through math.  APS has LOADS OF data on this.  I spent a lot of time gathering that material and talking to the actual math teachers and what they were seeing.

High grades and intensified mask a lot of deficiencies...in math and writing and grammar in this school system.  I saw 2 kids float by doing almost no work and getting straight As all through MS---yet reading their essays OMG.  And they were getting 'As' on them :shock: [/quote]

I doubt they ALL fell off.
These are not the results LCPS is seeing with their advanced math.  They set the cutoff high to get into algebra in 6th grade, and they track the results and these kids do well in algebra and beyond.
Beyond that, LCPS puts many kids in algebra in 7th grade by using teacher recommendations and scores to put kids into prealgebra in 6th grade.  
These kids will also be held back under the new system, and they wouldn't be in algebra in 8th grade either.
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