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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you guys speak a bit more about Russian Math? I was about to look into it for my rising kindergartner....[/quote]

Honestly, there are only two types of kid I'd recommend outside math instruction to:

a) Kids who struggle with math and can't get enough help at school;

b) Kids who have a specific, concrete reason to need to go above their current grade level in math; for example, if you're switching to a new school that has an accelerated program you'd like to catch up with.

For standardized tests, you're generally much better off with tutoring focused on test prep, since they seldom go much above grade level (even the fabled Hunter test doesn't really implicate any math a reasonably bright 6th grader wouldn't know, it just leans heavily on their problem solving skills). For "math at school is too easy," they're going to be even more bored if they get ahead of their classmates, and they'd be better off spending their time on some other STEM / applied math thing - or even on, say, a class to improve their writing skills, since those aren't tethered by what's taught in class like math is and it's impossible to get 100% on an admissions essay - rather than grinding through whatever arithmetic they teach the next grade up.[/quote]

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