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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Algebra I in 7th grade is a terrible idea for most kids. Even the smart ones.[/quote]
More anecdata.  My older kid who is bright at math but not at all a math genius took 7th grade algebra.  Kid is now in 11th grade BC calc, has had straight As, and will almost certainly get a 5 on the AP exam.  This kid did take 2 years of in person AoPS classes (BA 5 and pre-algebra), but did not spend significant time on the material.  She felt that she learned more in one 2 hour enrichment class than she learned in an entire month of regular school.

Bright kids who are well prepared are perfectly capable of Algebra in 7th.  If a school system is finding that a significant number aren't ready, then the problem is that their curriculum is too weak and too rigid.  [/quote]

+1. I have a 7th grader in Algebra 1 Honors at private after advanced math at an FCPS public. She's doing fine and would be bored in pre-algebra. We've never supplemented math outside of school beyond just following her enjoyment of math topics. No classes of any sort.

And our FCPS MS mentioned (because at the time we didn't know what school we'd chose for MS) that they found kids who had the pass advance on the SOL and got a high enough IAAT score were well-prepared for Honors Algebra 1. It's quite possible that just having the pass advance on the SOL will be good enough as a gate - they'll find out.[/quote]

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