I don't have much offer. My ds14 took Honors Algebra 2 last year. This was a kid that went through 6 years of math in 3 years. That class almost killed him. It was challenging in a way he never expected. The teacher basically said from the beginning of the year that her class was much harder than anything in the text book. She did give homework harder as well. The exams were normally very long problems with a combination of skills applied together. The task didn't involve understanding individual skills but how to apply them appropriately in one question.
Thanks, it does help to hear this. My son does say that he isn't the only one complaining that these tests are very hard. And the test questions are as you described long problems with combinations of skills applied together. I just wish he had more homework problems that were more like the test questions. I am going to insist we sit down with the teacher but since the semester final is quite a different test, I am leaving him to focus on that first.
