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[quote=Anonymous]I am interested in Basis for my rising 5th grader.  She is very advanced in English but only one grade level ahead in math.  I know Basis offers all kinds of acceleration for math starting in 5th grade, but see from their course sequence that the LEAP program for English begins only at 9th grade.  I have also heard from various current parents that their kids have some children in their English and other non math classes who are repeating the class because they failed their comprehensives the prior year.  Often, they claim, these students are disruptive.

I want to hear from families at Basis about their experiences in the non math classes and whether there are any plans at Basis to provide either accelerated or remedial English classes.  the course sequence sort of gives me the impression that their commitment to accelerated learning extends only to math and perhaps science, but not to humanities and English.  If they are offering an accelerated curriculum within the English classes, and lumping all the kids together, then presumably they will have an extremely high number of students who fail to advance each year, as 25% of students are basic or below on dc cas.  Not sure I want a lot of 8th graders in my fifth grader's English class, if this is true.

Can basis parents comment with helpful info?[/quote]

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