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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Algebra 1 in 6th, Geometry in 7th, and Algebra in 8th, is gen-ed standard in most third world countries.[/b] What seems to be the problem here in FCPS? Let's blame it on pandemic, to cover up the underlying challenges that existed well before that.

"The 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress found that, post-pandemic, 38 percent of 8th graders couldn’t meet the test’s lowest benchmark. In practice, that means that many of these students have trouble using division, for example, or plotting a point on a number line.

Experts have debated why, and though there’s little consensus on the reasons, some of the commonly cited ones include the rise of smartphones, changes in standards in the mid-2010s, ..."
 
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/sharp-steep-declines-u-s-students-are-falling-behind-in-math-and-science/2024/12[/quote]

I'm not the PP arguing for limiting acceleration, but please prove the bolded. Just because 8th graders are failing NAEP doesn't mean the bolded, it just means we aren't teaching 8th grader's math.[/quote]
Prove to who, and why?  NAEP report is public and widely accepted.  US is falling behind with middle schoolers spending time on tiktok and insta since math being taught is mediocre and boring.  [/quote]

Provide data showing that taking Algebra 1 in 6th grade (!) is a standard, general education track in "most third world countries" as stated above.

NAEP data doesn't prove that.[/quote]

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