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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a fact that parents and students need to consider wisely.  Students are required to complete four years of math.  Taking Alg 1 in 6th leads to Calculus in 10 and two more years of required math.  Just because a kid is advanced, does not mean they are going to be wanting to take such advanced math later in HS.  Additionally, not all HS have a big enough cohort to offer many classes beyond Calculus which could put them at having to take courses through MC.

Also, there will be some missed content when you jump straight into Alg1 and it will be up to the student to bridge these gaps/seek out additional help.

This is not to say a student shouldn’t take Alg1 in 6th, but to show that MCPS isn’t readily recommending it to folks because they a) know there is no need to accelerate so quickly except in rare circumstances, and 2) that what starts out looking great in 6th many times does not seem that way come 10th/11th/12th grade.[/quote]

I'm a PP whose kid did Alg 1 in 6th. I don't know whether there were gaps, but my kid just breezed through it. We hadn't paid for a tutor or enrichment, but she told me after the fact that whenever she didn't understand something, she would just watch a Khan Academy video. She said that in an off-hand way, as if it wasn't even worth mentioning. Now she's in precalc in 9th grade, and it's not hard, but she told me that for the time in her life, she can't do something other than math in math class: usually she reads in every class, because she finishes her work early. She still does most of her math homework in class.

Yes, parents should know that high school requires math every year. After diff equations, we are planning on having her sign up for a class at UMD, because that's what another kid did in our circle. Or she can take an easier math class in MCPS. Or Montgomery College. There are options.

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