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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here- at our school, there are 2 classes of math 4/5 and 1 class for regular math 4. It does seem that our school has chosen to accelerate most kids. 
Some kids do get outside enrichment (RSM, mathnasium, Aops etc) and therefore their scores are so high. But I am sure you don’t need to be 3 years ahead in math from doing outside enrichment to be in math 4/5. So everyone should be fine, even the kids scoring in 75th percentile. [/quote]

Seriously I’m not understanding why it’s called acceleration here. Compact math is super slow for my DD and she didn’t get outside enrichment. I let her do some Singapore math book exercises at home since she’s so bored at school.[/quote]

You have to consider the entire pathway, which puts the student at calculus in grade 11. That is definitely accelerated by most standards. Maryland requires four years of math in high school so calculus in grade 11 means stats or multivariable senior year.[/quote]

Or Stats junior year and Calc senior year. Or Discrete Math which is excellent, fun material that should really be taught before calculus. 
Or Calc AB then BC if they want to slow down .

There is plenty of worthwhile math to do after Algebra 1, and doing it earlier also unlocks learning science in a more meaningful quantitative way. 
Holding kids back in math causes science class to be dumbed down. 
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