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[quote=Anonymous]Very few kids place directly into Honors, my son did and his branch was surprised. He was moved up a grade level in 4th and 5th grade but they refused to in 6th. He finished out the year in 6th grade and dropped the grade level class. Most kids are in the lower two classes. You can look at the course offerings and see that the Honors class has fewer classes. I have a friend whose kid is in 7th grade and taking 7th grade H at school, he is actually taking the 6th grade RSM class, which is essentially pre-Algebra because it was a better match for his class at school.

The different levels are predicated on how well kids know past material and how quickly they can pick up new material. Honors kids are expected to pick things up pretty quickly with less repetition then the other levels. I will say that the branch we attended seems to have been moving more kids into Honors than they should be. DS’s class spent far too much time repeating lessons because kids were not grasping the material. It was kind of a disaster. RSM tries to move people up a step each year, I don’t think all the branches make good calls on who to move up.

The competition program is amazing. The math is very different, think more active problem solving and complex problem. You can read the descriptions of the classes to see what is covered. The classes teach number theory, algebra, geometry, and other concepts that are needed to understand to do well in math competitions. The work is far more challenging but there is an expectation that kids pick on material quickly and with little repetition. There was only one class offered per grade level when we started MCP. I see that they now have 2 levels for MCP for each grade. DS moved into the National MCP program last year which essentially accelerates the class by one year. He loves it.

I am pretty sure that the MCP participation is part of the reason why the regular class turned into something so easy. They cover so much material in a variety of disciplines which makes the regular math class less necessary. Seriously love the MCP program. [/quote]

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