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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a question for your school principal or AART.  Since it's almost October, it's a little late to transfer into Algebra now.  It would have been better to ask earlier.[/quote]

I first raised it this summer when she got accepted into the Level IV program and was told to wait until the end of 1st quarter to re-evaluate.  [/quote]

If that is what you were told, then don't you need to reach back out to the school then? How could your child enter a high school honors level class having missed 25% of it? I would imagine if your child began 7th grade math this year and was off the charts ahead, the teacher and the school would be contacting you. Other than your child saying the syllabus says she already knows the curriculum, have you had feedback from the school that she's way ahead? That's the kind of info you need in order to go back to the school and seek help. [/quote]

I can see a school that doesn’t have experience with kids taking Algebra in 6th grade not contacting a parent.  Algebra 1 in 6th grade is a rare event and most schools don’t deal with that possibility. The school is likely waiting on iReadys, VGAs, and some in class assessments to see if the child is advanced but the problem is that waiting means that the child is falling behind in Algebra if the school does determine that the kid belongs there.

OP: The rare times that kids are placed in Algebra before 7th grade aare kids who are flagged in 2nd grade because of a stupidly high score on the quant section on the CoGAT, consistently high iReady scores, and passing advanced on the SOL. Your child entering in 6th grade doesn’t have that track record and the school doesn’t seem willing to trust the placement from your old school. [/quote]

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