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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I have a 7th grader taking Algebra and I was already worried about high school math options. Even crazier for 6th grade start. Can someone lay out the math class options through high school?

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Can do AP AB Calculus, AP BC Calculus and AP Stats.[/quote]

That is one possibility but I doubt most kids taking A1H in 6th grade are going to go that route. Most of these kids are going to take AP Calc BC, without taking AB. They might take AP Stats but it will be an elective. [b]The parents pushing for their kids to be in this class are pushing for their kids to take the most rigorous class with an eye towards a top 10 school.[/b] There could be kids who were strong at math and end up in A1H at 6th grade and decide it is not their thing and step off the accelerated path.

There are kids ready for this path, more than 30 that were allowed it but the 500-700 that I am reading about in the pilot seems to be far too many. [/quote]

No one is pushing. Our kids were automatically placed in the class. The only pushing is pushing to get them out.[/quote]

You can only be placed if you qualify - and I bet most of the qualifying applicants do some kind of math enrichment outside of school - think AoPs or RSM. All those teslas.[/quote]

There are no specific criteria that have to be met to qualify. Many are in and not ready.

MS Teacher[/quote]

For 6th grade, there absolutely is. Pass advance on M6 SOL in 5th grade, and 1125Q on the Iready.  ([b]Except at one school with an inept principal, apparently[/b])

7th grade algebra is admittedly now a free for all, open enrollment opportunity the way 8th grade algebra always has been.  I had so many kids in my 8th grade algebra classes who failed the M7 SOL with scores of 380/390 but skipped M8 and took Algebra 1 anyway. We had double blocked sections of algebra 1 in 8th grade to hold them all, because some years there would be 30+ who fit that profile.  Pretty soon we'll have to create double blocked algebra 1 in 7th grade.

I have no issue with opening the opportunity earlier (assuming we find ways to support these kids in high level courses in 4-5 years), but I absolutely have an issue with lowering the threshold for entry.  If you can't pass the prerequisite course's EOC exam, you shouldn't get to skip more math.[/quote]

Kindly give a hint as to which school.[/quote]

It's not a secret. Navy parents have been posting all over DCUM about how parents are complaining to the principal and getting their kids switched into a class they didn't meet the criteria for.[/quote]

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