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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Calc AB in 8th or 9th means years of scrambling to get math classes through dual enrollment. I don't know if Basis is set up for that.
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You can see the curriculum. They list BC calc, multivariable, and AP stats. That's three years more math. There's also an AP CS class. I don't think students lack for things to keep them busy. It's the slower track that confuses me more. Why accelerate and do algebra 2 and geometry in 8th grade if you're going to drag out precalculus for three years? [/quote]

Taking AB and then BC makes no sense. Why not take BC in 9th and multivariable in 10th? For kids who are that accelerated, AP stats is not much of a challenge and CS (at least as per the AP class) is not the same. There is no real math path beyond multivariable in 10th and one has to make up with dual enrollment.[/quote]

Yeah I agree with previous two PPs.  The sequence seems to accelerate through foundational math and really slow down at Pre-Calc.  And for an accelerated kid BC alone is sufficient, you don’t need AB.

And honestly AP Stats shouldn’t even be considered math, it’s really its own subject.  Useful, but not computational in any sense.  It’s an analysis and writing course and it’s really specific in terms of how the AP wants you to write answers.[/quote]
Basis parent here.  Basis structures the AP classes so they're not especially repetitive.  Kids in publics who take precalc and then Calc BC the following year have a precalc course that covers a lot of the "A" part of the AP Calc AB.  Basis does not.  Normally, taking AB and then BC would lead to a lot of material repetition.  The Basis BC doesn't redo the B part, and instead extends on and after the C stuff.

I can admit that one of the reasons Basis likely requires this sequence is to pad its AP score stats.  I honestly don't mind the AB and then BC sequence.  It's a great way to make sure the kids really have mastered the foundational calculus stuff.  I know that not all Basis schools have the same course offerings, so everyone's miles may vary with this.  At my kids' Basis, the post AP math course alternates years, doing multivariable one year and linear algebra the next.  So, kids who are accelerated have 2 years of post AP calc.  Also, there's a capstone stats class that includes calculus based stats.
My older kid took AP stats in 11th and then capstone stats (calc based) in 12th.  [/quote]

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