The pace of the class meets the appropriate rate and level for each student and there is more teacher time per student to help with questions. The program was first implemented in 1992 by the Farmington Elementary School Board s approval. In the testing at that time an annual growth rate in test scores was an average of 4 points. After the first year the average growth for all students was 7 points and the average growth for students in the accelerated class was 21 points. The program then became a part of Farmington View s curriculum.
Longitudinal data shows a continued growth in test scores and positive attitudes toward math.
Each year a high number of students from Farmington View qualify for the Advanced Pre-Algebra class at Thomas. Students from the accelerated class as well as some students from the homeroom class are ready to continue mathematics at an accelerated pace. Some students qualify for Algebra and take it as 7 th graders. Teachers at Thomas comment on how well prepared the students are from Farmington View. Our first class of 4th graders is graduating from high school this year.