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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Compacted skips over lessons and has less homework for each lesson because of the faster pace. If your kid does not have a good foundation, this may not be ideal, and kid will likely struggle in higher level math; if your kid is already accelerated, then it is fine.[/quote]

Compacted doesn’t really skip over lessons as much as it just teaches a concept at a higher level the first time through and has less spiraling. So whereas the regular curriculum may have do a new concept every two days and review on the fifth day, compacted math might do a new lesson or two every day.[/quote]

This is not true; 5/6 math for example, right now in module 6, skips three entire topics (Topics C, E, and F), and 4 lessons from the topics it does cover.  The county allows 10 days for this module.  All of the modules skips some lessons, combine others, and the pacing is fast.  My experience is that many kids can handle the content/curriculum, but the pacing is what's hard for them, especially because there isn't as much "spiraling" as the on-grade level classes.  [/quote]

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