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[quote=Anonymous]My youngest child is in 8th grade and taking Algebra 2.

You need to request that the math coordinator at the middle school test your child over the summer, and inquire how they will deliver Algebra 2 in 8th grade: are there usually enough students to create a class at the middle school, or will your child have to be bused to the high school for first period (high school time, so a little earlier than first period of middle school)? Also, once at the high school, does that school have math classes that go beyond AP Calc BC and AP Stats, like multivariable calculus with differential equations? This is because Maryland requires one math class every year of high school in order to graduate. I've known kids who took dual enrollment classes at UMD for their senior year and took Calculus 3 there, because they'd done Honors precalc in 9th, AP Calc BC in 10th, Multivariable in 11th and then had nothing else that was harder (they could have done AP Stats, but didn't want to).

Prepare your kid as much as possible for that Algebra 1 test, because MCPS hates accommodating an extra track, and some math coordinators I know deliberately make the test harder than it needs to be (ie, they test all the material seen in an Algebra 1 class, even though your kid should be tested on their readiness for the class, which is not the same thing).

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