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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. The teacher will simply recommend based on the grade. Since she has an A they will most likely recommend honors. However, they don’t the effort she may put in behind the scenes. Or how she hates math.

Expunging the grade is not an option as she would have to repeat the course in 9th. [b]We need her completing Algebra now so she can be in Calculus as a senior.[/b] [/quote]

Please stop with all of this desperation. And I say this with a senior who’s been accepted into college.  None of that is true.

You don’t need all As.  You CAN expunge grades.  They can repeat the summer before 9th with a quick course, the full course or not repeat at all and still move on to Geometry in 9th.  No one must take calc as a senior. You want, not need, this.

I am getting anxious from the pressure you are already putting on your kid.  [/quote]

With all due respect, you don’t know our full situation. In state is extremely competitive and we want our child to have calculus before college. That’s non negotiable.

[b]All I want to know is if Algebra 1 Honors is that much harder than regular Algebra.[/b][/quote]

This board can’t answer that, as it is school and teacher dependent.

Where I teach, yes, there is a chasm between the two courses. Gen Ed uses desmos, is expected to test on questions that are the same as what is covered in class, and gets study guides that look like the test. Honors is no calculator, tests include extensions/applications of what was covered, and there is no study guide, just a list of standards and kids are expected to review old notes and assignments and create their own study guide.

But the first school I taught at gave the same test to both classes and just added 2-3 honors questions to the end for the honors kids.

There is no way to know unless you name the school. Even then, if there are multiple teachers teaching each course, YMMV.[/quote]

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