Our ds was at a school that was adamant about not accelerating when he was in elementary, and our ds was extremely bored in math. We used ALEKS (www.aleks.com) as additional math curriculum outside of school, and when he was ready to enter middle school we were able to take the work he'd done in ALEKS and use it as proof he was capable of accelerated work. ALEKS courses are all tied to state standards and students have to work their way through the courses in a way that they aren't allowed to tackle topics except in a logical building-upon-previous-skills order. DS essentially self-studied his way through it.

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