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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP but we encountered this at SJC and they didn't budge on placement. They also did not allow for a retake then or at the end of the summer. If you don't make the Geometry cutoff for the summer you are SOL. You have no options to take it on your own and test out, etc. Its a bad system which leaves capable kids behind. We are currently stuck in it and assessing how much of an overall impact we think it will have. I do believe there is another opportunity to test into a summer program between 11th and 12th but thats pretty darn late.[/quote]

This is good to know. I believe that Good Counsel is the same.  Many of our middle schoolers who were in Algebra and even Geometry all only tested into Algebra I. However, those Geometry students who went to other high schools ended up in Algebra II and have done well.[/quote]

What is wrong with your middle school's instruction that many students can't pass an Algebra 1 test after taking the class?[/quote]

This is 100% true.

Without actually seeing the placement test, who really knows?

The lack of transparency is really the problem here.[/quote]

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