Acceleration Design: The courses are designed to move students through CCSS 6th grade and part of CCSS 7th grade material in one academic year and then the remaining CCSS 7th grade and CCSS 8th grade material the following year.
Characteristics of Successful Accelerated Students: The timelines assume that students working at the accelerated level need less time and practice to attain mastery of a topic; are more able to retain what they have learned in previous instruction so less review or reinforcement of topics from previous courses is required; and can complete more work in a given class period so some lessons can be combined to cover more material.