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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swanson sent this out:

At the end of the school year, we shared with families that they would receive their child’s math course recommendation in ParentVue on July 21, 2025. The APS Math Office has recently added a new accelerated math course for 6th graders titled Math 6 Advanced. This new course will teach the state standards for 6th grade and 7th grade math in one year. This course meets the learning needs of our students and the requirements of the recent state legislation, which requires schools to place students who pass the state SOL exam in the upper quartile in an advanced math class the following school year. (The upper quartile for incoming 6th graders is a score of 466 or higher on the 5th grade Math SOL exam.)

Due to the addition of the new course and to ensure alignment with recent state legislation, the Math Office is updating all course recommendations for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. We appreciate your patience while we work with the Math Office to update student schedules for the coming school year. Course recommendations will be available in ParentVue in early August.[/quote]

75 percent of kids scored below 466.  Wow.  That surprises me.[/quote]

I am surprised that fewer then 25% of the students passed advanced. I would not put a student who did not pass advance don the SOL in an intensified class. [/quote]
Also do you know how few kissed pass the algebra sol advanced?  I think it’s less than 10%.  The percentage of kids that pass the eighth grade sol advanced is really low too— I think it’s around 10%.  This is why they passed that law!  Just because you didn’t pass advance doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take an intensified class.  [/quote]

I am curious what the breakdown is of 6h graders who take the 8th grade SOL vs 8th graders who take it. My kid took the algebra SOL this past yr as a 7th grader and scored passed advanced he said they were told the majority of their class did..so curious if the lower pass advance rate comes from kids outside the advanced math pathway. [/quote]

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