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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]pp here. I mean there are kids who transferred from BASIS to deal who know advanced concepts but lack basic ones.[/quote]

such as?[/quote]

Not the pp, but we are dealing with the same issues.
 We have been at BASIS since the first year.  Geometry being part of the Algebra I and Algebra II, is not being taught well. DS is in preCal, but needs to do take Geometry next year when we transfer from BASIS.[/quote]

Did your child do Precalculus AB, the one year version of Precalc? I would protest at repeating Geometry if your child did well in all 3 courses. I would show the new school the Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Advanced Mathematics books because in those 3 books a full year of high school Geometry is covered very well and the BASIS transcript shows credit for a full year of high school Geometry after successful completion of these courses. Saxon math was designed to incorporate Geometry throughout these 3 books since geometry is pertinent to all 3 courses.[/quote]

this is why all the kids at Walls were so shocked when instead of being put in precalculus they were put into the course below.  No one warned them about the placement test, but they had not completed the full coursework in Geometry, which in all other courses is an extra year.  I don't really know how I feel about this, except that Basis kids who leave kind of get screwed.  OTOH, they kind of get to coast, and that may be cool as well.  I think most Basis kids now know it is going to happen.

But as the pp said, if your kid did Precalculus AB, and did it well, he could probably pass any placement test they throw at him as long as he is expecting it..............[/quote]

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