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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] How well do the kids do who take Math 7 and then Algebra? Is it just that Algebra is hard or that Math 7 actually prepares them better?[/quote] When I was going through FCPS, Math 7 was a repeat of Math 6, which was a repeat of Math 5. Except for a one-week unit on 'how to use a checkbook', there was no new content in the course. It provides an extra year of prealgebra instruction, which is helpful if A) your elementary school was somehow behind and never taught you requisite concepts, or B) you're a kid that just needs an extra year for your brain to mature in order to 'get it'. But if we're putting huge swaths of kids through Algebra in 7th, and 2/3 of them are doing fine, then I think that speaks to the fact that it's not just a niche thing for one or two kids... there's a genuine need, and forcing everyone to wait until 9th grade to cover these concepts is a horrible idea.[/quote]
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