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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does not taking the SOL mean your kid won't get placed in pre-algebra? The other scores indicated a readiness for pre-algebra, but my son's recommendation was for regular Math 6.  Identified GT in math, if it matters.  He is bright and advanced, but not off the charts brilliant. We opted out of SOLs for a variety of reasons.  Before I try to track down his teacher on summer break, I wanted to get perspectives from parents who have been through this already.[/quote]

FWIW, there are a lot of GT kids who take regular Math 6 but they are clustered together and then they track to pre-algebra in 7th and Algebra 1 in 8th. The kids who are ready for Algebra 1 in 7th (which counts for high school credit) are usually the GT kids who are really off the charts in math-- the kids who compete on the middle school math team and are getting perfect or near perfect scores on the math inventory without any help from tutors, etc. In past years, APS pushed all the GT math kids through that track, but then found that kids who were above average in math, but not off the charts, were really struggling in high school. Unless you think your kid is going to be a math or hard science major in college, there really isn't a huge advantage to taking Algebra 1 in 7th vs 8th grade.  It basically just means one extra year of college-credit math before 12th grade, which won't matter to kids who aren't looking to pursue that track in college.  Pushing your kids too fast could actually hurt them in high school, when grades really count and they find themselves totally in over their heads in an advanced math class that they actually don't need for college admissions. Talk to parents of high school students before you get too pushy with the math teachers. [/quote]

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