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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In our district, middle school honors is the equivalent of one grade level ahead at max. Example: 7th grade honors math is pre alg equivalent, 8th grade honors is Alg I

The AA program is significantly more rigorous.  It teaches 2-3 grade levels ahead at a twice the pace.  Example: 7th grade AAP math is Alg I first semester, Alg II second semester.  8th grade AAP math is geo first semester, precalc second semester.  [/quote]
Which district is this? I'm doubtful there's any district in VA where thr standard AAP pathway leads to 
calculus in 9th grade.[/quote]

This happens nowhere in the USA, except for maybe some tiny private school.

You'd be hard pressed to find a county that could fill a classroom. [/quote]

Not in DC, but yes this is absolutely happening and offered for free through our public schools. 6th graders take the SAT to qualify (for starting in 7th) and it is county wide, not school or district specific.  All the qualified kids from the county that want to participate are then pooled together for form classes. [/quote]

I have no doubt that many students are capable of this and do it privately with AoPS etc.

But as described, you have kids in regular 6th grade I school either in prealgebra or already found their way on to the very exceptional track (hello WPES!) And taking  Algebra 1 in 6th.

Then they do (maybe catch-up Algebra 1), Geom, Algebra 2, and Precalc all in 7th + 8th?
Do they do 2 hrs/day of math class?

The only school I've heard of that goes near this is (private) Proof School in San Francisco, who does over 2hrs/day of math class and has less 20 kids per grade. 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_School

I wouldn't trust a public school to do this, because the only way to do it is to skip all the enrichment (combinatorics, number theoriy, logic, problem solving) that brilliant kids should do. [/quote]

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