Alex is good at math. When he was being homeschooled for second grade, I taught him to solve two equations in two variables. (I'd give him a word problem. He could set it up independently, and then needed a little help isolating one variable. Once that was done, he could solve for both variables on his own.) He has spent most of his math classes this year in the hall -- he would do well enough on the pretests, usually, that his teacher would send him out to work ahead.
So we were surprised when she was unenthusiastic about the spring placement test. He had a chance to test into pre-algebra, but she was not encouraging. No student from his school had ever passed the test. She didn't know what it covered. Maybe she could email the coordinator, she said, or maybe we should call the middle school. She never emailed and the school was similarly unhelpful. Alex took the test in early May, but we didn't know what to expect.
The results came in today's mail. He passed!
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