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This is a lot to do with your kid’s teacher’s grading. Ours allows for nothing over 100, no test retakes, and is a really harsh grader. There are infrequent grades, as well, so brining up a lower grade is much harder.  A teacher allowing extra credit and grades to inflate above 100, means that those kids will very likely get an A because bringing them down to an a- will be much harder. My niece had a similar experience. She was given weekly quizzes, tests, quizzes - even homework - could be retaken, there was homework that was graded 2x a week, etc. If an answer was -3 and my niece put 3, she was given partial credit.  Extra credit was offered and having a grade over 100 was easy.  My kid’s teacher gave one test each quarter. There were 12 questions on it. No extra credit ever and no partial credit on any problems. There was homework but it only counted with your participation grade which was 5% of the grade total. Quizzes could be retaken but only if under an 80 and the new grade could no be higher than an 80. This was several years ago, and my kid did get an A, but I know that my kid’s and niece’s experiences were very different. [/quote]

None of this has anything at all to do with readiness for Algebra.  Kids at your child's school who took M7H in 7th could have had the same picky teacher in 8th and could have received low grades in 8th even after potentially wasting a year in M7H.  I wouldn't hold back a child who is ready for Algebra out of fear that the teacher might be a harsh grader.[/quote]

I replied to the woman saying her child has a 114%. My child had a 99% on the Iowa and a pass advanced on the Sol. He was on the math counts teams in elementary and middle school. He got an A in algebra in 7th, but grading was harsh. I don’t want people thinking it’s a walk in the park for all. Perhaps with COVID and the whole easier grading - that’s also helpful. I know there are no zeros, late work is liberally accepted without penalty and retakes are allowed. There is also a rolling grade book. [/quote]

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