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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because of parent placement, none of the accelerated math in Arlington middle school is in fact challenging for actually gifted math students.  If you are even thinking of extra tutoring, though, sounds like your kid may not actually be so gifted.  [/quote]

This wasn’t our experience, but okay. Maybe your kid is super gifted. My kid did well in intensified algebra & geometry in MS, but it was a lot of work, and there were definitely smart kids who struggled/needed extra help.

1046 on the MI to take PRE-algebra is ridiculous. It used to be a 1030 to take algebra I. There has been a concerted effort to allow fewer & fewer kids to take the accelerated math track. This is not a secret.  [/quote]

I think it’s really awful to put kids in a class they’re not developmentally ready for, and, of course, it will all hit the fan eventually.  [/quote]

I agree that kids should go into classes that are developmentally appropriate, which is why DS is in pre-algebra even though he was originally placed in math 6.

If your kid is already all the way through middle school, they got into the accelerated track when the standards were lower. That's not relevant to the appropriateness of parent-placement today. [/quote]

There are kids that actually meet the requirements today.  If yours don’t, they shouldn’t be in the class.   [/quote]

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