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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child qualified, and I am really surprised by the number of kids we know that qualified but are opting out.

I would guess that a child who scored pass advanced on the 7th grade SOL and 91% or higher on the IAAT has mastered the math 7 material and is prepared for Algebra. [/quote]

FWIW,  Algebra 1 in 7th grade is sort of a basic requirement if one was interested in going to TJ.  [/quote]

If math is your child's thing and if they want to go to TJ, Algebra in 7th grade might be worth pushing for.

Otherwise, I'd let it go.  My second son qualified, but I wish he would have waited.  He did fine in Algebra, but Geometry in 8th grade moved much to quickly for him.  He'll now be repeating it as a Freshman, which is humbling for him, but he needs that foundation more than he needs a C on his HS transcript.   Both Algebra and Geometry are high school courses, so I know many parents who ended up having their kids repeat.

Unless math is critical to your child's future (i.e. they want to go into engineering, science, IT, etc.), what is the point in accelerating the process?  Kids on this track end up taking pre-calc (after Alg. II Trig as Freshman) and are into some seriously heavy math by junior and senior years.  I can't tell you how many good math students I know in my kid's high school who have struggled (we're talking from an A to a D) in higher math because they advanced too quickly. As a result they're finding they don't have the foundation, or the depth of interest to handle the advanced math courses they're taking.  [/quote]

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