My kid managed to get into Geometry in 6th (Covid era), finished Calc BC in 9th and has done a couple of college level classes in addition to mulltivariable calculus and linear algebra. I think Covid made the school system flexible.

Anonymous wrote:What are you counting as two years ahead? I believe my kids technically are, but many call it one year ahead. (Algebra in 7th). Never any supplementing or anything--not even a workbook. But both were in FCPS AAP which automatically pushes them head one year over the course of a couple years and then allows them to skip another year if they score high enough on two tests. But I suspect you are talking more advanced than that.

I would say 2 yrs ahead is Alg I in 7th. Alg I is technically a high school class and is the normal progression 9th grade math class.

What are you counting as two years ahead? I believe my kids technically are, but many call it one year ahead. (Algebra in 7th). Never any supplementing or anything--not even a workbook. But both were in FCPS AAP which automatically pushes them head one year over the course of a couple years and then allows them to skip another year if they score high enough on two tests. But I suspect you are talking more advanced than that.

Two of my kids were two grades ahead and one was a year ahead. We did nothing. Some kids just are naturally good at it and others are naturally good at other things.

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Anonymous wrote:My child attends public school and has many classmates that are 2 years (or more) ahead in math.

Did your child get there because you personally tutored them, or did they go to something like AOPS or Russian School of math to get ahead several grade levels?

Most kids who are 2 (and especially more than 2) years ahead don’t need to be “tutored”. They see it and they understand.

What a bizarre comment. Any student who isn't tutored is not stretching their potential into difficult topics.

That’s not true. The very top math students have a knack for math and will do fine without any tutors. The students good with math might want a tutor to get better.

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't take much to get a kid 2+ years ahead in math in early ES. The curriculum is slow and repetitive. So a kid who is interested in and exposed to math can progress really fast. We didn't do anything other than play math games and talk about math concepts when my oldest was little. His school then put him into independent learning with adaptive software and that really pushed him many years beyond ahead of the curriculum.

Yeah, if the kid learned single-digit addition and subtraction in pre-school then they are starting ES two years ahead in math.

Mine is just smart. I don’t take credit for it. He learns things quickly and knows some things without ever being explicitly taught. Ditto for reading.

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Anonymous wrote:My child attends public school and has many classmates that are 2 years (or more) ahead in math.

Did your child get there because you personally tutored them, or did they go to something like AOPS or Russian School of math to get ahead several grade levels?

Most kids who are 2 (and especially more than 2) years ahead don’t need to be “tutored”. They see it and they understand.

What a bizarre comment. Any student who isn't tutored is not stretching their potential into difficult topics.

What is "2 years ahead"?
Algebra in 7th grade? 6th grade?

In MCPS, the regular curriculum will place high performing students into Compacted Math (6th grade math completed in in 5th grade), and then place students into Pre-Algebra or Algebra in 6th, based on MAP test scores and school administrative policy.

No need for extra study at home, but I always recommend that students pursue enrichment before additional acceleration, since the core school curriculum is very bare-bones, and does not prepare students well for mathematical careers.

Anonymous wrote:My child attends public school and has many classmates that are 2 years (or more) ahead in math.

Did your child get there because you personally tutored them, or did they go to something like AOPS or Russian School of math to get ahead several grade levels?

Loved math at a super early age--math games, memorizing, solving, etc. (not reading btw, lowest groups in elementary)
No tutoring or paid programs as you mention. He did IXL in much of his spare time and completed thousands of problems.

Anonymous wrote:CTY will cover one year of math during a few weeks in Summer.

CTY only allows students who have tested advanced on national, standardized, tests because their experience shows these students can handle an accelerated learning pace, while other students likely cannot.

I see no such courses in this listing

I see enrichment seminars.

MCPS and FCPS will cover 1 year of math during a 6 weeks in summer, for anyone.

Considering a normal school year is 6 courses in 36 weeks, 1 course in 6 weeks is on normal pace.

Anonymous wrote:CTY will cover one year of math during a few weeks in Summer.

CTY only allows students who have tested advanced on national, standardized, tests because their experience shows these students can handle an accelerated learning pace, while other students likely cannot.

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I see enrichment seminars.

MCPS and FCPS will cover 1 year of math during a 6 weeks in summer, for anyone.

Considering a normal school year is 6 courses in 36 weeks, 1 course in 6 weeks is on normal pace.

Anonymous wrote:My child attends public school and has many classmates that are 2 years (or more) ahead in math.

Did your child get there because you personally tutored them, or did they go to something like AOPS or Russian School of math to get ahead several grade levels?

Most kids who are 2 (and especially more than 2) years ahead don’t need to be “tutored”. They see it and they understand.

CTY will cover one year of math during a few weeks in Summer.

CTY only allows students who have tested advanced on national, standardized, tests because their experience shows these students can handle an accelerated learning pace, while other students likely cannot.

I have a kid who is very good at math and one who isn't. I think you can probably supplement/tutor a bright, hardworking child to +2 grades, but the kids with natural aptitude are doing it themselves. My good at math kid learns a concept once and he knows it. The other one needs a lot more repetition and examples.