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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the rush? A good teacher will challenge your kid and give them extensions. I am certified to teach Algebra and have been doing extensions all year? So they are getting a lot of challenging content but not in a high stakes environment of a high school credit class. A lot of parents don’t think about the long term effects on starting Algebra in 6th. What will it look like senior year for them? [/quote]

We are are at a center, my 5th child has 99% IQ(2E), 99% in I ready and maps too, loves math and is good at it.

At our school 20+ kids are taking Algebra 1 in 6th this year (almost half of the AAP 6th grade class).

Child knows who are the kids that excel at math. I believe there will be a confidence impact if child is not with the higher math group in 6th because they know and want to do higher level math. I wish it wasn’t an option at all.[/quote]

My 5th grader has the exact same scores and also excels in math. We’re at a competitive center with greater than 50% enrollment of AAP 6th graders in algebra I this year. We have already told DC that they won’t be taking it next year, even if they qualify, bc there’s absolutely no rush, we don’t feel A1 is appropriate at this age, and it sets them on a course for accelerated math coursework in high school that they really won’t need at that point. DC agrees. [/quote]

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