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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
I'm from a 3rd world country where the national education standard required all students be taught calculus topics by 12th grade. The math pathway is structured a bit differently there.

Starting in 6th grade, students are introduced to algebra, geometry, and probability as core strands, and these subjects continue in parallel through 9th grade. Trigonometry is typically introduced  in 9th grade, followed by multiple strands of precalculus in 10th.  By 11th and 12th grade, students continue with more advanced topics across the strands—such as Algebra 2, precalculus, probability and statistics, and finally, calculus.

Not everyone gets all of math, so the bottom portion of the class graduates with just a D in math, but the top 30 to 40% get a distinction grade ( B- to A+) in math.  In short, students are not given a choice to give up math learning early, everyone is required to sit in the same advanced math class.  [/quote]

Which country?

They do blended math? Interesting. 
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