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[quote=Anonymous]I have a child in the pilot, and I teacher upper level math in the high school.

Every school is different. The schools with <15 kids qualifying will do it online, and it is SO BASIC if they continue using edmentum. It is the bare minimum, no higher level thinking or application, just straight repetitive calculations. If that's the only option, I'd hold off until middle school.  Edmentum is what our homebound students use when they are missing months of school for health reasons and can't keep up with the regular pace of classroom learning. It's not honors level, it's actually below a gen ed level of difficulty.

If it's an in person class, it can be taught at all different levels, because no curriculum is provided and every school only has one teacher teaching the class--so there's no real accountability. My child's algebra 1 honors teacher has regularly been pulling in algebra 2 content, which is cool...but not even part of the algebra 1 honors extensions.

Every school has to certify a teacher to be licensed with the algebra endorsement. The county is currently running classes to teach the elementary school teachers the algebra 1 standards so they can pass the praxis. One is being taught at my school. It's messy. The math skills of the average teacher in the class are very weak.

If you're at a school that is doing it this year and feedback is positive, enroll! The kids love it. If you're going to do it online or it's the first time your school is offering it...I'd hesitate. You don't want weak foundations for the next 6 years of math.

The issue is M7 is basically a waste of a year that doesn't actually teach any real algebra foundations. If they were offering M7H/M8/Prealgebra whatever you want to call it, I'd recommend taking that course, but M7 isn't all that valuable for a middle of the road AAP kid.[/quote]

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