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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We passed on that option. We had just come back from vacation the day of the Iowa test and fortunately they failed it.  Went to TJ then Ivy. It’s VERY very important that the basics in math are well understood. Rushing at this level trips many kids up later in HS. They end up taking very advanced math they don’t even need. All it does is wreck their GPA. [/quote]

We have to move away from this notion that slow and watered down math track = solid foundation. No, all that means is slow and watered down. It will just delay the inevitable to college and suffering in college/university. We need appropriate (whether slower or accelerated) math education for students. Many countries are way ahead of US in education including math education. [/quote]

No one reasonable is arguing that a "slow and watered down" math track is equivalent to a solid foundation for eventual advanced study.

What I think most reasonable people believe is:

1) There exists some number of kids who are genuinely extremely talented in math and who should be accelerated at a higher pace than even traditional "advanced" tracks

2) Those kids in 1) have historically received advantages in prestigious admissions processes and therefore there is an epidemic of parents who are desperate to make their child look like the kids in 1). In so doing, they are incentivizing their child to learn tricks and shortcuts instead of actually comprehending the mathematical concepts on a deep level - which eventually is going to bite them in the butt. You can only do that for so long before the house of cards falls on itself (which happens at TJ more often that folks realize).[/quote]

Algebra in 7th is not going to bite any intelligent kid in the butt. Algebra in 6th, you have a better argument, but schools are good about limiting that.  In FCPS, advanced math covers the 7th grade sol in 6th grade- there is no reason to make a kid who does well on that SOL repeat the class [/quote]

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