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[quote=Anonymous]Here's the goal, OP - http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/keys/

By pushing kids, they are hoping that more and more students will sign up for AP courses or enter IB programs.  It's great for kids who enjoy the challenge and who have the skills to handle such complex course work.  So if you son fits that description, let him move on.

It's now the norm to take algebra in MS, and Earth Science (I believe that's the course.) will be moved down to the MS level permanently.  And by entering a HS languages course at a higher level, the student can either move into a higher level - like AP or IB - or choose to fill that slot with another challenging course.

Does this make sense?

Now, on the flip side, if your child is "low-key," for lack of a better term and just wants to take things at a more leisurely pace, then I'd advise him to opt out.

[quote=Anonymous]My 7th grader just brought home his course selection paperwork for 8th grade.  They are suggesting that he take foreign language (for HS credit) algebra (for HS credit) advanced English (for HS credit) and Earth science (for HS credit).  So 4/7 classes will be credit classes.

For 2 of them, we don't have a choice unless we hold him back in math or skip the foreign language altogether, but in English and Science, I think he can take the same class and have it count or not count.

I can't think of a single reason why I would want my kid to take these classes for credit.  But maybe I'm missing something.  Can someone help me understand why the state would set it up this way in the first place?

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