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Leander ISD expands math pathways, rolls out local placement test for acceleration
Summary
District leaders described three math pathways that start in grade 5, a new locally developed placement test for students seeking to skip a course and an effort to widen access while tracking movement between pathways.
Leander ISD administrators presented an update Thursday on the district's math-pathways implementation, outlining three pathways beginning in fifth grade and unveiling a locally developed placement exam that lets students in the district's combined 5-6 accelerated course attempt to skip the sixth-grade portion and move ahead to a 7-8 course.
The district described the pathways as a move away from a single closed accelerated track toward multiple, flexible options. Pathway 1 keeps students on grade-level courses with yearly review for movement. Pathway 2 compresses curriculum across fifth through eighth grades so students can reach Algebra I in eighth grade. Pathway 3 provides a formal, transparent route for students in the…
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