basis math levels
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Anonymous
Why does it have to be superficial advancement? There are kids who are pretty advanced in math. Where do you think the US IMO teams and other Olympiad teams come from? |
Anonymous
Of course there’s the occasional outlier, but most acceleration is superficial. |
Anonymous
Many kids I know do have a solid foundation and so the advancement isn't rushed. But because BASIS is a lottery school, there are kids that are missing that foundation and don't work to get it. |
Anonymous
You are joking right? The US IMO and Olympiad kids are not getting on the team from just public school math. They are supplementing and doing all kinds of outside programs. Public school math is superficial advancement. It’s the easy way out for higher performing kids rather than going deep. |
Anonymous
This makes no sense. If the kid is already performing at an Olympiad level the by definition the kid is ‘going ‘deep’. Most of Olympiad math is precalculus level, which these kids have mastered by 6th grade. So what else is the kid who is in public school to do but to go ahead? Calculus is not that hard. Even stupid parlor trick stuff like in Putnam. Formal analysis like measure theory is hard but no school public or private is covering that. In any case most Olympiad kids I know aren’t supplementing. Just working thru past problems and discussing among themselves. Two of them got perfect scores in BC in 9th grade. |
Anonymous
| Isn’t this conversation getting into the weeds? Math Olympiad team, perfect scores on BC Calc- this is very very small number of students. |
Anonymous
No. BASIS' math track looks very similar to the Advanced track at suburban schools. The difference is that BASIS allows everyone who gets in a chance to do it (rather than testing in). |
Anonymous
BASIS’s math track looks superficially like the advanced track at a handful of suburban schools, yes. But are the kids really learning the math? That’s the question. Algebra I PARCC scores out of Basis suggest most kids there are over accelerated. |
Anonymous
What do you know about math acceleration in suburban schools, or acceleration in general for that matter? It's BS that middle and high school kids can't accelerate in math in the burbs without testing into specific GT programs. I know that BASIS parents love to believe this (I was once one), but it's nonsense. Ask around and read up. There are always multiple pathways to math acceleration in MoCo, Arlington, Fairfax etc. including placement tests, standardized state test scores, grades in prerequisites, summer programs. You don't have a clue. |
Anonymous
Wrong. BASIS gives math placement tests and requires good grades in prerequisites for acceleration. Everybody certainly doesn't get a chance to accelerate within their math sequence. Delusional to think that this is the case. |
Anonymous
| How are the Basis kids doing on the AP calc exam? If most of the kids are scoring 4 or 5, then they're not "superficially" advanced. |
Anonymous
Basis kids generally refuse to take AP exams unless they believe they’ll pass. So what you really want to know is what % take the exam. But only Basis knows the answer to that question, and there’s no reason for them to tell us. |
Anonymous
What is your source? As a BASIS family I can tell you this isn’t how it works. |
Anonymous
Someone posted on here that at Basis, the AP score affects your final grade, so taking an AP you don’t expect to pass means voluntarily trashing your GPA. But you say that’s not true? |
Anonymous
No, that is 100 percent true. Your grade in an AP class in June is not final. It is revised to reflect your AP score. My point is that people are making statements without support to back them up. It’s abundantly clear that poster is not a BASIS family b/c kids are not refusing to take the AP to keep their GPAs up. |