Originally Posted by nicoledad
If you had a gifted kid in junior high shouldn't your kid already be beyond common core? All the gifted in junior high (7th and 8th)in our district will have at the minimum completed Algebra 1 and Geometry by the end of 8th grade.

Well, in our area, and from what I understand, a lot of places in the northeast, there is NO acceleration or tracking in math (or any other areas in our school). Just not allowed, don't get me started.

And common core algebra, middle school math for most here, actually includes a lot of algebra (though a fair amount is covered before the actual algebra class),some geometry, and bits of trig and algebra 2- it's not really directly comparable.