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It is also true that the FCPS local plan for the gifted in effect until 2027 says:

"Acceleration is used in to provide ongoing opportunities for continuous academic growth. Differentiated
pacing is used in multiple subjects and grade level acceleration is embedded in mathematics instruction.
Accelerated mathematics instruction is accessible through multiple entry points on the FCPS continuum of
services. Students identified for full-time AAP (level IV) services complete middle school mathematics by
the end of sixth grade. Students in grades K–6, who have a specific academic strength in mathematics,
may also participate in the advanced mathematics curriculum in the general education classrooms based
on classroom assessments. Students who complete the advanced mathematics six coursework, and who
take and achieve qualifying scores on the Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test (IAAT) and the 7th grade SOL, may
qualify for Algebra I in seventh grade."

If they are still accelerating kids in 5th and 6th that technically meets the above, but would still be disappointing to kids who need more.[/quote]

Whether we like it or not, Public Education is meant to meet the needs of the masses. There is not enough money to meet everyones needs at their specific level. If you want that level of specialization you need to pay for it. Youc an do that through private school or enrichment. That is simply the basic truth of public education.

And while the parents here might feel like FCPS does not do enough, most school districts do not have programing that allows for 15% of the population to take Algebra 1 in 7th grade. Eight grade is still the national norm of accelerated math. I have freinds who teach across the US in a multitude of states and all of them are surprised that so many kids end up in Algebra 1 in 7th grade. [/quote]

Umm, people are complaining because they have changed math instruction this year.  It is slower now than it was last year.  They are not comparing FCPS to any-other-school district, they are comparing it to FCPS 2023-2024.  [/quote]

VDOE addresses curriculum every 7 years, that is not FCPS. The math curriculum was shifted by VDOE. Blaming FCPS for that is silly. Even without the change, FCPS Advanced Math is not advanced for a small percentage of kids, you need to go to enrichment programs if you want more. Maybe that has gotten to be more obvious this year but it has been the case for a while. I strongly suspect most of the people complaining in this topic already have kids in enrichment but if you don't, that is what you need to do. We always told DC that school was mainly for practicing foundational skills but that he was going to be pushed, maybe challenged, through enrichment.

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What is silly is you keep ignoring the FCPS-specific purchase and implementation of the Equity Cubed curriculum.

FCPS implemented the pilot and has now expanded Equity Cubed; it was not the state (actually we are a Commonwealth).

Stop gaslighting parents!  FCPS lowered the 3rd grade AAP standards, just as OP and many other FCPS parents of AAP kids have observed.[/quote]

Not PP. FCPS didn't buy Equity Cubed. They implemented something called E3 (which referred to 3 words that started with E) to pilot a new way of doing advanced math. It's not something I support, but you don't do yourself any favors when you spread partially false information.

And VDOE did water down some of the math standards, as mentioned above. Then FCPS watered some of the advanced ones down even more at least for 3rd, but not much for 5th. No word on 4th, 6th, 7th, or 8th.[/quote]

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