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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And the old system had many kids who seemed quite skilled in ES and able to go very fast..but when HS came around, they were not prepared.  I wish my kids had had a  more slow and steady approach.  They are in advanced math classes and do well...but I know [b]they should able to do much more in their heads then they do for example[/b]. [/quote]

Side note here - as someone in a math heavy profession, "doing math in your head" is not nearly as important as understanding what is going on and being able to accurately solve the problem at hand or apply a technique to answer a particular question.  I am not particularly good at calculating in my head.  (of course, having quick recall of math facts 0-12 is another story - that is important)

Back to the original question - for the current kids getting absolutely no challenge - some acceleration would be better than what they have now.[/quote]

I am not the PP, but I had the same experience as the PP with my kid who was accelerated and gets good grades, but has gaps and non-facilities as a result of the acceleration. And actually I think that a facility with mental math is part of understanding what is going on. Otherwise you might work through the algorithm, and make a careless mistake somewhere, and get an answer that can't be right -- but you don't notice.[/quote]

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