Is the 7-8 really compacted (reasonable workload), or just accelerated (do it all faster)? If there are writing issues, one might seem more reasonable than the other for him.
Last year's class did every single lesson, every single problem. This year's class has a different teacher, and I'm watching it closely (thankfully a friend & professional colleague has a kid in the class). So far, it appears compacted in deference to the talent of the kids in the class. This will also most certainly be part of the decision.
Note that writing volume is rather minimal when it's all on the computer. I'm more concerned about making DS hate math.
I want to make the decision together with DS, however, not to have it made for us on account of incomplete/incorrect/misleading testing.
