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[quote=Anonymous]I agree that too many kids sign up for honors class. My 7th grader was an A/B student all through elementary. She signed up for one honors class in the subject she has the most interest in. When I talked to parents from her elementary school the vast majority of them stated their kids were enrolled in ALL honors for 7th grade.

I'm not one to judge but most of these students were in the average or even low reading and math groups in 6th grade. I volunteer a lot so I am familiar with the grouping. My DC was in the highest Gen Ed group for all classes except SS in elementary. But that doesn't mean she needs to be in all honors classes.

DC's  honors teacher this year was VERY frustrated that several of the students didn't know how to write a proper sentence the first week of school. The assignment was to write an essay about yourself in Honors English but it spiraled into a lesson on proper sentence structure. What a waste of class time in an honors course! I purposefully didn't sign my child up for History or Math honors because I knew those subjects were not a passion of hers and she would likely struggle for a B. She will undoubtedly get A's in those subjects in the standard (non-honors) class, there's no shame in that.

Lastly, just in case the test the OP was referring to was an Ecart test, keep in mind they are assessments to determine where the students are at a given time. Often they are given at the very beginning of the year with no intention of the majority of students passing. Rather to make sure there isn't a student who should move ahead to AAP level course. [/quote]

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