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I read all of the studies on the results of kids in the advanced math path (Algebra 6th grade) and they all fell off and many ended up at a lower level than kids that took the more traditional route through math.  APS has LOADS OF data on this.  I spent a lot of time gathering that material and talking to the actual math teachers and what they were seeing.

High grades and intensified mask a lot of deficiencies...in math and writing and grammar in this school system.  I saw 2 kids float by doing almost no work and getting straight As all through MS---yet reading their essays OMG.  And they were getting 'As' on them :shock: [/quote]

All of this suggests that the math courses need to be much more rigorous with much stricter grading.  It doesn't suggest that advanced math tracks shouldn't be provided or that no kids are ready in 6th.  If they made it harder to get into early Algebra, made Algebra more rigorous, and stopped inflating the grades, then there would be very few unready kids in that track.

FWIW, my kid tested into AoPS Algebra in 4th grade after earning 100% on the pre-Algebra test out.  He completed the course with high grades and then got 100% on his Algebra placement test at his new school.   Bright kids who are exposed to rigorous math at early ages will be fine with Algebra at early ages.  Many bright kids are capable of so much more than the schools allow them to do.
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