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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know your kid best. Despite what they say, it seems to be based totally on test scores. We asked for our kid to take algebra in 7th. This was when they had just greatly raised the MI score needed to be allowed to do so and we’re recommending very very few kids for algebra in 7th. 
They told us no, but if kid’s beginning of year MI (in 7th) was higher, they’d reconsider. Kid did end up in algebra after a month & did great (except that needing to make up a month’s worth of work in a week was hard, but doable).  I’m sure lots of other kids in the same grade would have also done well in algebra but weren’t given the chance.

So you can ask, but they can say no. [/quote]
Who said no? I believe the policy is that [b]they have to honor parent requests on math placement[/b].[/quote]

Then what's the point of teacher recommendations and input or even assessment scores? [b]Most parents are not professional educators and don't always know what is actually the best for their child academically[/b], regardless of what everyone likes to say about parents knowing their kids best. Kids at school can be very different from kids at home.[/quote]

I'm one of the early PPs who suggested talking to the current teacher and the middle school math coach.  Have a good understanding of why they made the recommendation they did.  We have a fairly good sense of our child's strengths and weaknesses, and in conversations with the math coach we collectively agreed the decision could go either way.  In our case, we also had our child weigh in since adults all agreed there were pros and cons to each placement.  [/quote]

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