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We are working in our district to find ways to engage and challenge our gifted math students. Last year, we worked on a consistent curriculum across the district rather than a school by school decision. We compacted traditional 6th, 7th, and 8th grade curriculum since there is much repetition in 7th and 8th grade. Our district is in the process of implementing our new state standards which are very similar to the Common Core. We are trying to decide what we will be doing in the future about challenging our gifted students in addition to challenging problems. We don’t want them to skip grades/classes. We are a bit hesitant to compact the Common Core 8th grade math in the suggested accelerated pathway since it is an important foundation for later mathematics. We were wondering was there any discussion about other options of accelerating students by compacting, such as compacting 6th and 7th grade Common Core math.

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