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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, for some it is mind-numbingly easy.   And for some it is too hard. That's why we need differentiation which I understand we used to have but now do not.

For the PP assuming that at some point it will get harder, don't hold your breath!   And don't be assuming that if your child scores well on assessments that anything will chnage. Compacted math is MUCH better but even that is a little slow. [/quote]

I'm that PP.  It does get harder.  My DC is in 4th grade compacted math.  I don't how much more advanced you want your child to be, and I'm very dubious when I read posts like these because the majority of kids are not that scary good at math to jump 2 grades.  Being able to do advanced math is not the same as understanding the concepts.  I remember doing integrals, and I could do them easily enough, but I couldn't tell you how it's applied or why it's done the way it is because we didn't cover that concept deeply enough.

Our compacted math teacher told us that if a kid is obviously that good at math, they will make accommodations. But, they rarely see kids that are truly that good at math to skip even compacted math.

I think some parents don't really care if the kids understand the concepts very deeply; they just want their kids to be in a higher math because then it proves to them that their kids are really smart. [/quote]

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