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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in FCPS where Algebra in 7th requires a 500+ on the Math 7 SOL and 91st+ percentile on the IAAT. We had heard [b]advice from a 7th grade Algebra teacher to only take it if our child score 550+ on the SOL and 95th percentile or higher on the IAAT[/b] and DS was on board with that as he too was a little nervous to take a high school class in 5th grade. Turns out he got a 600 on the SOL and 99th on the IAAT so we were confident putting him in Algebra in 7th. He got an A as well as an A in Geometry the following year. So far, so good. [/quote]

Great advice that should be mandatory.[/quote]

OP here. It may be good advice but also makes me nervous. I’m not convinced that an extra year of possible crappy instruction is actually going to prepare him if algebra is only appropriate for 99% kids. [b]There’s not some huge intellectual difference between 7th and 8th grade brains[/b] IMO so the implication is that 7th should be laying the foundation for algebra, and I’m just not sure that is true …[/quote]

I mean, yes, there is.  And also in later years.  [/quote]

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