Rockingham County Schools
Administrative Offices
511 Harrington Highway
Eden, NC 27288
Charles Perkins, Ed.S.
Assistant Superintendent
K-12 Curriculum & Instruction
(336) 627-2621/FAX (336) 627-2660
Email: cperkins@rock.k12.nc.us
May 26th, 2015
To:
Holmes Middle School Students & Parents (HMS)
Reidsville Middle School Students & Parents (RMS)
Rockingham County Middle School Students & Parents (RCMS)
Western Rockingham County Middle School Students & Parents (WRMS)
From: Mr. Charles Perkins, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction
Ms. Leigh Jones, Chief Academic Officer for Secondary Schools
Cc:
Middle School Principals
Middle School Counselors
Re:
Criteria for Middle School Math Placement
In an effort to ensure that all students are receiving the best and most appropriate mathematics instruction, our
district has worked to collaboratively create criteria that we feel will help students be placed in the appropriate
math course for the 2015-2016 school year. As a district, we believe the ultimate goal is to provide the most
academically challenging curriculum for our students and we also believe that students will continue to learn,
grow, and change over the next several years. The criteria developed means that all students will have access to
higher-level math courses, as we will place students based on objective criteria, predictive data, and assessment
data. Below is our criteria and more information can be found on the Rockingham County Schools website
under Curriculum. These criteria will be used beginning with the 2015-2016 school year.
We will offer the following math courses in all of our middle schools beginning with the 2015-2016 school
year:
6th grade math
7th grade math
7th grade Advanced Math (pre-Math I)
8th grade math
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Math I in 8th grade for students who meet the criteria
Course
Previous
Current
EOG
EOG
Adv. Math 7
456
453
(5th grade)
(6th grade)
Math I
453
453
(8th Grade course)
(6th grade)
(7th grade)
Math I HONORS at HS 453
454
level Criteria (honors
(7th Grade)
(8th grade)
course only offered at
HS level)
Grade
Average
90
90
90
EVAAS Predictability
70% Level III on Math I
EOC
70% Level III on Math I
EOC
70% Level III on Math I
EOC
Diagnostic
Assessment
60%
60%
60%
1. Students must meet 3/5 criteria for placement in Advanced Math courses
2. At any time, if a student meets the criteria for placement into an advanced course, that student
will be considered
3. If a student takes Math I in 8th grade and scores a level 1 or 2 on the Math I EOC, that
student must take the course again at the high school level and will be placed into a Math
I HONORS course at their feeder high school.
4. If a student fails the previous course and scores a Level I or Level II on the current year EOG,
the administration shall revisit placement into the accelerated pathway through a conference
with the parents and the students’ teachers.
5. Once the current year EVAAS report becomes available, the administration shall revisit math
placement for all students to ensure they are placed based on the criteria according to the new
EVAAS scores.
Again, you can find more information about middle school math placement including a Parent Waiver form at:
http://goo.gl/GTgDft
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