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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Really? Really? Chances are your children being 'accelerated' in public schools have huge holes in what they are learning. After all, they all have to take the NCLB tests in whatever state. Fact of the matter, if your kid is taking 8th grade math in 5th grade, they take a placement test for independent school math, and they end up being right where they should be for 6th grade math--accelerating that fast for kids so young is a joke and a ploy for public school parents/kids to feel like they are advanced. [/quote]

Alas, I concede, you are absolutely correct in your assessment.  All the math kids (most accelerated in the elementary programs) at middle school math and science public magnets and later high school magnets (e.g. TJ and Blair magnet) have gaping holes in their math background even though 30 to 40 percent of them every year are the National Merit Semi-Finalist and Finalists for the State and the highest AP scholars in the State.  You have uncovered the greatest joke and ploy with math acceleration and education of these young kids who later funnel into magnet programs at the middle and high school levels.  They are full of gaping holes in their math foundation and most would have been held back in our beloved private schools because private school math education is so far advanced, particularly when compared to Takoma Park Middle and Blair High school magnets, TJ and the like.

I never really considered your reasoning.  I appreciate the insight.[/quote]

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