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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP. Our DD is in 6th grade AAP in fairfax county.

We have to supplement as they move too fast in math.  They cram for 2 weeks and take a block test, then move on to another topic.

We took our kid to mathnasium and they said she barely understands 4th grade material.  They said the school just skips over material too fast, retests and just keeps going forward.  It doesn't really matter if they understand the material, a lot of teachers have to prep the kids for the tests.

We feel like we need to supplement just to understand the basics the school skipped over. [/quote]

Other kids in the class understand the concepts moving at that speed. The problem is they but kids into AAP who are not ready for advanced math.[/quote]

My kid is in 4th AAP and we had to start Mathnasium this year. My kid said they learn a new concept, do 1 worksheet of approximately 5-8 questions (which seems insufficient to me) then moves on to a new concept the very next day. And this goes on for a couple weeks until a test at the end of the unit. I've never seen a study guide or anything for kid to get good practice. Kid felt down because he thought he was the only one who doesn't get it. Long story short, we found out many of the classmates have apparently been going to math class at some weekend Chinese place for years. I assume the teacher probably realizes that and teaches the class as more of a review than new material. [/quote]

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