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[quote=Anonymous]My child is one of the BASIS 6th graders taking Algebra.  My child continues to get straight A’s in math without any effort.  Acceleration in math was definitely the right choice.

In any case, fyi that kids had to be invited to take a math acceleration placement test at the end of 5th grade — this was based on recommendations from both the math teacher and a kid’s cumulative GPA.   Throughout 5th grade, my child had a GPA of over 98% across all subjects.

Kids who passed the test were offered remote-learning, primarily self-guided, pre-Algebra during the summer.  Only a small handful of kids enrolled in that course, presumably because some of the dozen or so kids who took the placement exam either didn’t pass and/or had better things to do with their summers.  And I think a couple or so kids dropped out during the summer because it was too boring and they didn’t feel like doing pre-Algebra anymore during the summer.  Anyway, the summer kids had 30 or so math packets to complete over the summer.  They then, at the end of the summer, had to take — and pass — the pre-Algebra Comprehensive Exam.  Only then were they placed in 7th grade Algebra.

This process left four highly capable 6th grade students ready and motivated to take 7th grade Algebra.

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