Thanks for the warning, Dottie! Name now removed.
I wish DS was amenable to math instruction outside of school. He thinks he is not good at math (it's a relative weakness in his test scores, but he is still "gifted" in math and met the criteria for a grade skip on the IAS, from my calculations) so he does not want to do it unless he has to do it for school, AND he complains that it is incredibly slow-moving and dull at school.
It is. The state NCLB tests are so dumbed down, 3rd grade math tests essentially only cover what should be second grade math material. Guess what? The 3rd grade teachers only bothered covering 2nd grade math material before the NCLB test in March. Since 3rd grade students do better with 2nd grade material, state scores are going up!
