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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on your child, but in our experience, the challenge wasn't the academics in general, but the organizational skills - keeping track of assignments, etc. There's a summer program for incoming 5th graders that's helpful but not necessary.

Also, experiences vary [i]a lot[/i], depending on both the child's abilities and the child and parents' standards. [b]I literally have never seen my sixth grader do a minute of homework; he does it all in school. [/b]His grades are all over the place but average out to a B+. Reasonably smart kid, low standards=not much work. Some kids and parents report spending large amounts of time on homework; they probably have higher standards and the academics might not come as naturally.[/quote]

This is such an interesting comment. Do you have any sense why your child manages to get it all done in school? Do they have a study hall period that he uses, that the other kids don't use?  My kid is pretty good at doing his homework but he HATES homework. He loves getting it done it school.  But I was always led to believe that BASIS had so much homework, the kids were inevitably stuck with hours of it. [/quote]

My child is in high school but also has always done their homework in school. Very rarely will they have something to do at home. They are efficient and use every minute of their time at school to get their work done.[/quote]

Now I'm feeling mad I didn't try to lottery in to BASIS.  Although with my horrible WL for Latin, probably didn't make a difference.  So what leads to the impression that BASIS is so  hard?  Just that they really emphasize the testing? [/quote]

NP here - The Basis curriculum is light years ahead of DCPS. My child did well in 5th, but we decided to leave for our IB for 6th. He was assigned books in 6th that Basis covered in 5th. In 6th, he was moved ahead to 7th grade math, and again those concepts were covered in 5th at Basis. I don’t even say this to make DCPS look bad. I recall one day looking at the standard courses for Basis 7th and 8th graders, and they were courses I took in 10th and 11th grade in MCPS.

We have no regrets in leaving nor any ill will towards Basis. I’m glad there is a school in DC that can serve high performing students who need the challenge, it just wasn’t right for DS.[/quote]

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