Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Just from looking at the assessment, I think my DS will have to start at 4A, essentially repeating 4th grade. Is that unusual, to essentially go backward?

AoPS recommends most start at the level below what you've completed at school i.e a current 4th grader to early 5th grader would typically start at 4A, but it depends on your kid. However, my child started 3A at the beginning of 3rd and had no trouble.

Ah, that makes more sense. 4th grade BA is a lot more complex, not necessarily further ahead on some topics but they do things like exponents and probability which isn’t there in 4th grade KA

You shouldn't view it as repeating a grade. They just use different numbering systems. Khan has 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and then pre-Algebra. BA has 4th, then 5th, then pre-Algebra. Khan levels are aligned with normal grade levels. BA is aligned with a gifted track.

What kind of instruction has he actually had? Kahn is wonderful. The videos introduce topics. And there are multiple choice questions to show mastery. But it’s not the same as actual instruction and applying learned concepts to problems. You get a bit of this at school depending on the quality of the curriculum and implementation, and you get more through aops/beast academy. FWIW my just turned 10yo finished 8th grade Kahn and skipped to aops intro to algebra and was fine. But we were fortunate to have so much help from school wrt reinforcing work at home. I wouldn’t go on Kahn alone.

This is OP. Just from looking at the assessment, I think my DS will have to start at 4A, essentially repeating 4th grade. Is that unusual, to essentially go backward?

Anonymous wrote:My child just finished 4th grade on Khan Academy. What level should I purchase for Beast Academy?

No idea about equivalents between the two, but on the Beast Academy website, you can see the table of contents for each level so you can see what is covered. I think there may also be little assessment sheets so you can give it to your DC and how they do on it shows which level they should use? Check the website.

Anonymous wrote:My child just finished 4th grade on Khan Academy. What level should I purchase for Beast Academy?

AoPS provides assessments to help you figure that out with your child.
https://beastacademy.com/resources/assessments

My child just finished 4th grade on Khan Academy. What level should I purchase for Beast Academy?