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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid excels in math she will be fine. I’d let her take it without prepping. This isn’t something you want to game the system on. My 7th grader has lots of friends struggling in Algebra right now and they all scored very high on the Iowa—they didn’t just barely pass. DS is doing great but he still thinks it is hard and he got 99th percentile on the Iowa (without prepping at home but an excellent 6th grade math teacher) and a perfect score on the 7th grade SOL. [/quote]

I've had 2 kids meet the threshold and take algebra in 7th and agree with the above - if they don't meet the cutoff it's really not a big deal, my be a blessing in disuise.  We know a kid who met the cutoff but opted not to take Algebra in 7th grade... and in hindsight that seems really smart.  I don't see how having kids being super accelerated in math is of real benefit (exception for the true geniuses, who I know are out there in every school).  Having kids take Algegra in 7th grade may reflect well on FCPS for offering this option, and maybe it reflects well on the sixth grade teacher to have kids qualify (reputation among the AAP parent crowd), but I don't see a strong benefit for the run-of-the-mill very smart AAP child.  The grade will go on your HS transcript, how organized are 7th graders... probably less organized than 8th graders.[/quote]

There are kids taking algebra i in 6th grade and geometry in 7th. Now that is crazy. [/quote]

Not really, these kids generally do very well in the class.  They would have found prealgebra very easy.  
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