FCAG sponsored a featured speaker on Feb. 24th, 2013 at Longfellow Middle School. Prof. Arthur Benjamin ( http://www.math.hmc.edu/~benjamin/ ) gave speech to about around 400 audiences ( planned for 200 audiences). Prof. Arthur first showed a new ‘invisible’ card magic he never disclosed before. Then he conduced his routine mental math for about 1 hour. […]
2012 AMC 8 (http://amc.maa.org/e-exams/e4-amc08/amc8.shtml) was held on Nov. 13, 2012. It was Tuesday. My son took AMC 8 through FCAG sponsored free AMC 8 test. (FCAG is a non-profit organization helping gifted and talented kids and their parents in Fairfax county. Actually, they don’t limited themselves for helping people in other places. Some students from […]
In 2001-02, FCPS required a minimum IAAT percentile score of 98%ile, plus a good score on an exceptionally difficult “Math Seven Assessment” test. That was the first year of a FCPS 3-year extreme anti-acceleration regime. In 2004-05, the pendulum started to swing, the required IAAT score dropped to 95%ile and the killer MSA was replaced […]
Back in 2002-03, GTAC members received a document showing 19 students admitted to the GT Center program from the six Cluster IV elementary schools that would feed into Riverside: Fort Belvoir (3); Mt. Vernon Woods (3); Riverside (3); Washington Mill (6); Woodlawn (2); and Woodley Hills (2). GTAC members also received information about the number […]
“To take Algebra 1 in 7th grade, a FCPS sixth grade student must first take the Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test (IAAT) in sixth grade, and do well enough so that FCPS is willing to let them take the 8th grade Math SOL test.“
In FCPS, seventh grade students normally take one of three math courses: Algebra 1, Honors Math 7, or Math 7. To take Algebra 1 in 7th grade, a FCPS sixth grade student must first take the Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test (IAAT) in sixth grade, and do well enough so that FCPS is willing to let […]