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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the context of over acceleration and whether kids should be "given credit" for advanced math when applying to TJ, wouldn't it make more sense to clamp down on the watered down grades being given for high school courses than it does to make it harder for legitimately gifted kids to access appropriately advanced classes?

A kid who has straight As in Honors Algebra I, Honors Geometry, and Honors Algebra II ought to be perfectly ready for Honors Pre Calc.  If TJ is finding that many accelerated kids have been over accelerated, they should be leaning on the middle schools to tighten their grading standards.  [/quote]

And how would TJ do that, exactly? They have no jurisdiction over any middle school.

The best way to prevent destructive hyper-acceleration is to disincentivize it - that is to say, not to punish families for doing it (they get punished already by the student's struggles) but to remove any advantage given for it.

And we must remember - in many cases, that child who has straight As in AlgII in 8th grade is taking an additional expensive and time-intensive tutoring session or course to artificially maintain that grade and would continue to do so at TJ (we already know this happens). [/quote]

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