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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most AAP kids take either

7th grade: Math7 Honors or Algebra 1 H (which is usually all 7th grade students)
8th grade: Algebra 1 Honors or Geometry H

A few very talented/accelerated kids (a handful at each center--which is already only comprised of a handful of kids from each ES) take Algebra 1 H in 6th grade (and on very unusual occasion--like for a math prodigy-- in 5th grade)

A general college prep track might take Algebra 1 H or Algebra 1 in 8th or 9th grade. [/quote]

So an AAP kid who doesn't get into algebra in 7th grade does math 7 honors in 7th and Algebra 1 in 8th?[/quote]

yes.[/quote]

And it seems that this kid can do either Algebra Honors or regular Algebra in 8th. But my question to people is: how does Algebra Honors in 8th compare to the Algebra class that the 7th grader takes? I asked a counselor and he said they were the same but I kind of doubt it.[/quote]

Why do you doubt the counselor?  It's the same class at DC's middle school.  There were 8th graders in the Algebra 1 honors class my DC took in 7th grade.  [/quote]

Maybe it depends on the school. I doubt the counselor because my seventh grader started out in Algebra and dropped--so I have seen how incredibly challenging the 7th grade Algebra class is. (Math 7 H is in a totally different league, an effortless A for my son, who really struggled in Algebra.) Also, the 7th grade Algebra teacher spent the whole BTSN talking about how much effort and thought went into designing this particular class for only the very strongest 7th grade minds. I'd love to think that the 8th grade Algebra 1 Honors is the same as the 7th grade class but it would contradict the math teacher's assertions (or what was implied in his comments). And, to your point, at my school the grades are not mixed, leading me to believe that the classes/curricula are different.[/quote]

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