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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my son was in Algebra 1 intensified in 8th grade, there were kids who dropped back mid-year from Geometry intensified to join his class.   Not just 1 kid either.  Don't mind naming the school it was Swanson.

Clearly kids do get off the super advanced math track some of the time.[/quote]
Yes, but then they are retaking a class they've already taken.  That's the option to step back.[/quote]

And maybe that’s the best solution for the child.

**If a student cannot earn a solid A in a watered-down middle school Algebra class, he or she is not ready for that class.**

No, algebra offered in middle school is not as rigorous as algebra offered to high schoolers. Same for geometry.

If we drove these same “advanced” students over to the local high school to take the actual class with high schoolers, many of them would drop out the first month.

Yes, there are super advanced mathy kids in middle school who can cut it, but it’s far fewer than the kids enrolled in these middle school classes.

Your kid got a B? They shouldn’t be in that class.[/quote]
The stats don't support that assumption.  MS students take the same Algebra SOL as high schoolers and MS students do better on the SOL.  [/quote]

Yeah, that PP is making stuff up. The middle school intensified algebra class is not “watered down.” It’s a high school level class that counts on the HS transcript, and as noted, those kids so very well on the algebra (& geometry) SOLs. [/quote]

It counts on the transcript but most HS kids drop the grade, since even an A since weighs down the GPA once AP classes start counting.

OP, I don't think Alg 1 is your problem, instead Alg 2/Trig will be a huge problem if Alg 1 doesn't go well. They learn to factor polynomials in Alg 1 and that is expanded on and applied in Alg 2. So I would keep on the track if it were my kid, and make a decision at the end of the year. If you need a tutor, during the year, just try to get one early.[/quote]

Re:  your first paragraph, where do you get the idea that “most” kids drop it? That’s not the impression I’ve gotten, nor would it help when colleges recalculate GPAs for consistency across school systems anyway.  [/quote]

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