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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does AIM=AMP 7+ ?[/quote]

AIM compacts 7th and 8th grade standards.

7+ is the 2nd half of 7th and 8th.

So for 7+ you are not getting a half-year of 7th. 7+ is supposed to be for 7th graders who completed 6+ in 6th (which is all of 6th and the first half of 7th). [/quote]

See the post inmediately prior.  Each option, AIM or AMP7+, with their different curricular origin, ends up missing some things on the way to Algebra.[/quote]

Agree. But our school (which offers AIM) says that they rework algebra 1 to cover the missing topics. [/quote]

This is what a number of schools have chosen to do.  I personally think they should just stop the madness and use Illustrated Mathematics from 6th through Alg2.  Then create two Alg tracks: 
-3 yr Integrated Algebra  
- Compacted Integrated Algebra

Acceleration from ES could then look like:
Compacted Continuation
6th- AMP 7/8 : All of 7th /half of 8th
7th- AMP8+ : half of 8th/ Half Alg 1
8th- Alg1+ : half Alg 1 /half Alg 2
9th- Alg2+: Half Alg2/  half Alg3
10th- Alg3+ half Alg 3 / Applications
OR Accelerated: 
6th- AMP 7/8+ : All of 7th and 8th
7th- Alg 1
8th- Alg2
9th- Alg3
OR:

They would get to the same place and students would have a better foundation with no missed content. Students take the Algebra MCAP after Alg3. And because I don’t trust them to get the integration correct, they should form a committee to help them craft the pacing guide (1 excellent teacher from Pre-Alg through Pre-Cal plus an Engineer)(7-8 committee members)[/quote]

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