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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please, don't play dumb. You said "on DCUM all children are above average" implying that PP's child is one of those average children their parents believe is so special.

In reality, there are many kids who are, in fact, not average. If you take only top 2%, that's still 50 kids per large HS. Prior to HS, these kids are in their middle and elementary schools and their parents need to fight tooth and nail to put their kids into appropriate level classes. In return they are constantly lectured that there is no need to rush blah blah blah by the experts you are referring to.

It's plain evil. If a child spends their summer doing khan academy etc, like OP's, why not let them take a higher level class? Test them if they are ready and then just let them and their parents decide.

Stop patronizing us. A lot of us know way more math than you do and figuring out classes is really not that hard.[/quote]

DP. Doing Khan Academy over the summer is not a good enough reason to place and skip a grade to higher level math. It does make sense to talk to the math coordinator at school, there are assessments, placement tests etc, that can provide a better picture of student capabilities. [b]I’ve seen on this forum parents complaining that the math placement test in algebra contained algebra questions[/b], which shown how little some parents know about school curriculum. A lot of algebra 1 topics are covered in grades 6-8. The school can’t just take your word for it that the student should skip grades, there’s need to be an independent evaluation and often through multiple measures. Sometimes parents are delusional and chase a math placement as a validation of their parenting. In the end it may be a disservice to the child.[/quote]

Please, don't lie. The student in question was given a full Algebra 1 test and missed only a few questions. Nobody is complaining that there is "some algebra" on the algebra placement test. My own kids have been doing algebra since 1st grade. We are a very mathy family and very likely know more math than all of MCPS combined.

Nobody is saying "take my word" for it. Only give children the opportunity to test out of classes that are not suited for their level.[/quote]

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