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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not sure, but if you have to worry about this - don't have your kid take Algebra.  [/quote]

Just don't have your 7th grader take algebra, period. I've had more than one HS math teacher bemoan that it's even offered. Kids need another solid year of fundamentals. Your genius will still rise to the top, don't worry. We're opting out our 6th grade AAP student from the Iowa test all together.[/quote]

I think someone said this on a different thread re Honors/AAP courses and whether one should sign up or take it easy by going regular route.  You give your child the opportunity to succeed and allow them the grace to fail, without judgment.  Taking advanced math earlier is not a bad idea.  What's a bad idea is to associate performance metrics associated with taking the class (i.e., must get all As).  I don't have a genius math kid, but I have a kid that likes math and seems to be doing OK in 6th grade AAP and maintaining good grades on exams.  I don't think it's a good idea to ever hold back this kid if they like a subject and isn't falling behind.  If nothing else, your kid will learn Algebra concepts earlier, maybe struggle through some concepts, but will still come out ahead on the learning (even if they decided to repeat it).  Holding kids back in any subject isn't a way to develop or encourage a growth mindset.

[The above doesn't apply to the 6th grade AAP kid that is still struggling with multiplication.  There are some!  Obviously between the SOL test threshold and the IAAT, these kids will be screened out anyway.][/quote]

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