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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You had a 7th grader in Geometry? Never heard of  that. OP you might really want to  look at suburban  programs for  differentiation. DC doesn't  let you  do APS till 10th  grade with few exceptions [/quote]

This isn't true. We just met with Wison about this an there is no rule in DCPS about what grade you can take APs. Now the vast majority of kids (including suburban kids) aren't ready for AP in 9th grade but for those who are ready they are available --I would assume suburban schools operate the same way. [/quote] ok. Report  back AFTER  you've  tried to enroll  a 9th grader in an AP class.. .even  with a teacher  recommendation  from middle  school.
I tried that last year and wasn't  successful . I DO know  of kids who got exemptions  in the past but not recently. As for going past Geometry  at Deal  that is very new and experimental [/quote]

Currently there are BASIS DC 8th grade students taking AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology, and AP World History, and Leap (Honors equivalent) Chemistry which leads to AP Chemistry in 9th grade as well as a slew of other AP courses in 9-11 or 12th grade. [/quote]

That's intense, but are they required to take the AP and what are the scores like, or us it like the jay Mathews trick where just high numbers of students take them but they don't do great.[/quote]

Only a handful of 8th grade students are taking 2 or 3 AP courses. All 8th grade students have the option to take AP exam for World History. BASIS requires passing 6 AP courses and AP exams for graduation at a minimum. The school does have a high AP pass rate. There is also an early graduation option and also senior project.[/quote]

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