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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi AAP moms - I’ve got a bright but not brilliant kid who needs to do pre-algebra over the summer in some kind of 1:1 setting to keep him focused. [b]My goal is to give him a leg up[/b] in pre-algebra next school year OR if it goes really well, place him in algebra. Long story short, he has a terrible teacher/class for 6th grade math and needs to be shored up.

I’m trying to figure out the best way to do this and [b]willing to throw money at it[/b] but of course would prefer to save. Here are my ideas in descending order of cost.

- Fusion 1:1 tutoring 4-5 days/week. They use their curriculum. Have to schlep him there.

- 1:1 tutoring at home with a “master” tutor using whatever curriculum they recommend

- Buy the AOPs or Beast Academy books and have a less experienced tutor do them with him

- Use the free school curriculum (Illustrative Math, Zearn) with a tutor. This may enable the gaps to be filled more easily and better transition back to school math for placement, but my kid HATES Zearn. [/quote]
This is a troll post, clearly. 
However, reminder for parents considering how to support their children with math. Instead of waiting until the summer before addressing your child's math needs, start early, in elementary grades. Follow teachers' recommendations and assist them with free enrichment materials after school in the evenings. If you're not confident in elementary math, there are plenty of affordable resources available. Ask other parents how they manage it. Experiment with different workbooks, Kumon, or other programs. The key is to get them on a math enrichment path early.

As we speak, currently there are a significant number of TJ kids who have been admitted with poor math skills, who are suffering with Ds and Fs.  If your child is admitted by chance using the lottery process, do you want to see your child suffer with poor grades, or do you want to plan ahead so they can take on high school math more confidently at TJ or base school?  
[/quote]But it sounds like Op did do Beast for awhile. This kid should have been dropped to a lower level before this point.  One should not need all kinds of daily tutoring to catch up and ‘shore’ up. There’s an underlying problem that the school is failing on. They take all kinds of Assessments, and yet nothing is done to shore up the weak areas in the last 7 years. [/quote]
what else can one expect in with equity based measures instead of merit? Water-downed assessments, inflated grades, and now with HOPE comparative ratings within student culture groups, and shoving social factors into academic evaluations. [/quote]

That has nothing to do with the question at hand.

1) The kid in question is in 6th grade. They would have been admitted to AAP using the county wide in-pool score and GBRSs
2) We don't even know if the kid is in FCPS. The parent only references 6th grade, bad teacher, wanting the kid to learn pre-algebra in advance to make 7th grade easier or to skip into algebra in 7th grade. The last bit makes me think that the kid is not in FCPS but the child being described is not going to score in the 91st percentil on the IAAT or pass advance on the SOL and would not qualify for algebra in 7th grade regardless of a summer full of tutoring.

I agree, this is probably a troll post but I can also see there being parents on this board who think this is a feasible idea.[/quote]

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