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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child just finished AIM after compacted math in ES. It moves so fast. I wish we had stuck with on-level math in ES and started the acceleration in middle school. My kid has now been accelerated two years -- just seems like a lot of foundational skills were missed. They skipped SO MANY Eureka units in ES, and the Curriculum 2.0 AIM course moves fast but also has subpar curricular materials. My kid is doing fine because we supplement outside of class (particularly over the summer, when my kid does Khan, which seems to help with the missing skills from the accereated path).

OP, your child can still be accelerated in MS. There is 6+ and 7+ in middle school -- that will get your child to Algebra 1 in 8th and still be able to get to Calculus in high school. In fact, based on MAP scores and district assessments, a substantial number of students who did compacted math in ES were put in 6+ this year in middle school regardless. I'll bet their parents wish they had stuck with on-grade level math.[/quote]

+1.  6th grader just finishing AMP 7+ with Bs and occasional As.  Clearly not a good placement because DC is merely hanging on (and has no interest anyway, just kind of plugs along without complaining but without really learning anything).  We want to drop DC down and now have to figure out what class will contain willing students of the right ages and stages and not be anarchy (which is possible at our school).[/quote]

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