Meet the New Common Core

InfoQuestMom
Sat, 10 Oct 2015 05:47:18 +0000

Re #37 and math progression. Yes, districts can still move advanced students ahead although the ceiling to reach in order for a student to do so has increased and most district are actively discouraging acceleration. Our school district has moved to integrated math. The majority of students will be taking their first high school level math class in 9th grade. Students who scored high enough in 5th grade will be taking a compacted math path. These students will complete all middle school level math by the end of 7th grade and then take a high school level math class in 8th grade. A tiny tiny minority of students scored high enough to take 7th/8th grade math in 6th grade and then 9th grade math in 7th grade, i.e. two years ahead of the majority of students and one year ahead of the regular advanced students.