Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think any school has a 5th grade AIM class. A few outliers take AIM *virtually* in 5th or (extremely rarely) 4th. Most kids who end up in Alg 1 in 6th (non TPMS, at schools that allow it) qualify via MAP score after taking Compacted Math 5/6 in 5th grade. They qualify for Alg 1 due to home study or external classes.

Not true. TPMS absolutely will not move kids into algebra in 6th due to MAP scores.

Correct! TPMS, like most MCPS MS does not accelerate kids into Algebra because of MAP scores. However, this does happen at a handful of wealthy MS like Frost. The only students eligible for Algebra 1 in 6th at TPMS come from a wealthy Potomac ES that offers AIM in 5th grade.

It takes more than a drum to make music.

Talking Alg I in 6th isn’t encouraged for a few reasons:

Math teachers want to ensure time to develop excellent foundational skills so math is not a problem in the upper levels.

Most MS don’t offer AlgII which means the student has to be bused to the HS for math in 8th.

Maryland requires 4 yrs of Math in HS. And that requires student take very rigorous and high level math courses that they might not need or want if they take Alg in 6th.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think any school has a 5th grade AIM class. A few outliers take AIM *virtually* in 5th or (extremely rarely) 4th. Most kids who end up in Alg 1 in 6th (non TPMS, at schools that allow it) qualify via MAP score after taking Compacted Math 5/6 in 5th grade. They qualify for Alg 1 due to home study or external classes.

Not true. TPMS absolutely will not move kids into algebra in 6th due to MAP scores.

Correct! TPMS, like most MCPS MS does not accelerate kids into Algebra because of MAP scores. However, this does happen at a handful of wealthy MS like Frost. The only students eligible for Algebra 1 in 6th at TPMS come from a wealthy Potomac ES that offers AIM in 5th grade.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think any school has a 5th grade AIM class. A few outliers take AIM *virtually* in 5th or (extremely rarely) 4th. Most kids who end up in Alg 1 in 6th (non TPMS, at schools that allow it) qualify via MAP score after taking Compacted Math 5/6 in 5th grade. They qualify for Alg 1 due to home study or external classes.

Not true. TPMS absolutely will not move kids into algebra in 6th due to MAP scores.

Re-read the quoted paragraph more carefully.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the presentation, it doesn’t sound like it is easy to get placement in Magnet Algebra.

You take it in 7th.

Right. It's not easy to get placed in it as a 6th grader.

It depends on the school. Ours offered it on the registration form. We just checked yes for it. I talked to the counselor and they said it went by MAP, PARCC scores and grades.