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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But what are people's thoughts on going from Math 6 to pre-algebra for 7th?
Is it thought that Math 6 has provided a better grounding so that this scenario does not lead to struggle up the chain?[/quote]

There’s no way to predict what  your child’s success will be. I have one kid who has done each path discussed here and both have done well. Plenty of kids have done the previous advanced path and done fine. Kids will also do fine on the current advanced option. They made the ew class more compacted so if your child needs more, they can do algebra 1 twice in 7t and 8th.[/quote]

+1  It's really hard to say without knowing the specific kid.  I do think that if your kid requires regular tutoring to handle the advanced track, he shouldn't be on it.  If everyone actually followed that advice they wouldn't have had so much trouble later on and had to re-do the paths. Both mine went through the old accelerated track and had no issues, never used a tutor, got solid As, and been fine on that track in HS.  One of the two is absolutely gifted in math (based on neuropsych evaluation) while the other one isn't as much of a stand-out math student but she didn't have to work that hard IMO.[/quote]
Unfortunately, there's no way of knowing until you've already put them on the path, then.  It's not an easy decision.  I don't want my child to struggle too much unnecessarily; and I don't want my child to be bored by taking the same class two years in a row - pre-algebra in 7th and then again in 8th.  [/quote]

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