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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If kids take classes early, then they can breeze through math classes later, when the other classes are harder.
I'd prefer this to having them take it easy in 5th or 6th grade.  This frees up time to work on other classes in 11th and 12th grade, or take other electives.
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A kid that advanced won’t be taking easy breezy math in 11th and 12th grade.  They will likely want to continue with college level classes since they will be significantly beyond calculus.  It’s difficult content.  They won’t be taking years off of math to focus on other subjects.  [/quote]

Not necessarily.  LCPS's staff argued for slowing down math acceleration based on data showing that lots of kids 'dropped out' of the advanced track.  The data was not accurate as they ignored TJ and AOS students.  5th grade is one thing, but kids can qualify in 6th grade without being super advanced.  Being able to handle 8th grade math in 6th grade is easier than being able to handle 10th grade math in 8th grade or advanced calculus in 12th grade.[/quote]

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