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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. We're in Alexandria, TJ is unfortunately not an option. I would consider moving to Fairfax if offerings are considerably better. I don't know much about AAP in Fairfax or how it compares with ACPS, but PP you mentioned they will teach one grade higher. What grade does that begin?[/quote]

It's recently changed. It used to be in 3rd they would teach half of 4th, then 4th would get you through half of 5th, and by the end of 5th they were doing 6th grade math. Now in 3rd it's just extensions, and I [i]think[/i] based on the pilot they did next year 4th won't be accelerated either, but they will compact everything in 5th. The older accelerated model worked really well for my math loving but not grades-ahead kid and for my merely bright, but not amazingly math-focused kid. I know it was still boring for the ones who were truly far ahead. At times our math resource teacher had the bandwidth to come give those kids extra extensions and at times she didn't.

The new system seems like a step back, unfortunately. There have always been schools that waited until 5th to accelerate math, but people have always hated that. Just adding more depth won't help kids whose minds crave moving quickly through math.[/quote]

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