My sis informed me today that her son 10 yr old, tested yesterday in math and is at a 9th grade level according to the results, I asked her what test, I want to try this on my ds2 and see what I still need to work on!
Did her son test with GRADE EQUIVALENT to the 9th grade level or was the test for 9th grade? A substantial difference as the grade equivalent means that he did as well on the test as a 9th grader would have over the material given (usually grade appropriate, depending on the test). Also, was this an achievement test? Depending on which one, these tests are usually given at specific grade levels, usually at the grade level the child is estimated to be working. Still, this child did very well, whatever the specifics are. Does she have a plan on how she will proceed?
Jake did that for Saxon. Tested right into Algebra in 5th/6th grade. He's gotten dumber though as testosterone kicked in I've decided For the record - he's now taking the college equivalent of Beginning Algebra through Aleks. Figure if I pay for it - he can get the college credit! He did Algebra at home - went to PS and had NO IDEA what they were talking about (reverse triangles to solve problems - and he knew the answers just not they way THEY wanted him to learn). SO - if he tested at that level - I would try it out and see how he actually does at it. But take it slow and see HOW he learns.
She said he had tested high in the past and they keep trying to make him thier poster child for Ap classes but he wants to be "normal kid". His older brother went ap in grade school up in high school he too faltered and it just wasn't any good over all brought his GPA down and other stuff. So He has been doing math for the next grade for a least a year, next year is Middle School for him. She wishes she could home school him but its not possible at this time.
There are a lot of kids in this area who are just 1-2 grades above in math. They start Algebra now in 7th grade. These kids aren't taking AP Math - but they might take AP Science in high school and they do pretty good at it because they grasp the math concepts. I'd stick with just being 1-2 grades ahead in math - once you get to high school apparently it doesn't seem as big a deal. One of Jake's friends (age 15) is in math class with my 18 year old senior daughter for Algebra II and they both ignore each other really well Of course my daughter gets mad because he sleeps through class and gets all A's.
I will pass that on Dana thanks! My nephew is struggling with being "normal" anyway he has had a rough life thus far. He is one sweet kid too and I am so excited that I get him for the summers now!
That's terrific, TM~ both that he did well and that you get him for summers now. I agree with what Mitchell said -- just because he got a "9th grade" score, doesn't mean he can do 9th grade (algebra) skills. It means he did as well as the average 9th grader would IF that hypothetical average 9th grader took the exact same test as your nephew did. I'd be much more interested in learning his National Percentile Rank score...
