MEP for upper levels?

[Janeway]

Son has done the entire Singapore Math US edition series. He is quite good at math, but has an odd problem of forgetting stuff previously learned. He has ASD and had requested a program with workbooks to continue. I already owned Keys to Algebra, Jacob's, Dolciani, and Foersters Algebras. I usually will do "Keys to" along side one of the three algebra programs I have. But then, just because he really wanted something in a workbook and I was busy, I started printing MEP upper levels. It is not that I am not teaching him the lessons, I still am. It just seems less time consuming for me and there are a lot of things in levels 7 and 8 that were not really covers in Singapore Math 1-6. So we are not doing it all, just the units that he has not done (basically, I quiz him on problems if the unit is stuff we already did, from the end of each unit and if he can do them, we move to the next). I am figuring that when we are done, he will still need algebra, but was figuring this might be a nice side trip. He is in 6th grade. 

Anyone use MEP for upper levels or has enough experience to have opinions? I am also wondering if this will actually give him all of algebra.

[Lilaclady]

I used MEP for my kids but only for the elementary. I love the curriculum but the fact that it is not aligned to US standards is what made me stop after MEP 6. I feel like it is a very solid prealgebra program but my dd still did AOPS prealgebra as she was quite advanced. I did not use the upper levels as they were computer based when my students were in that stage and I wanted to use a paper text with them.  You can use a standard algebra text and map out what they cover to get an idea if  you want 

[smfmommy]

I have used parts of MEP 7&8 as part of pre-algebra with a couple of my kiddos.  I plan on using all of the upper MEP for one of mine but we just started year 8.  I haven't directly compared with other Algebra programs but I believe it is complete.  Year 9 is mostly algebra but you may have to dip into the GCSE levels for a topic or two.  There is a Facebook group for MEP homeschoolers and I think there a few who have used the program past the elementary levels.

As an FYI there are Revision tests for each unit of the upper MEP levels.  You could have yours take those tests.  Sometimes the last section of the unit is an optional section for advanced students and doesn't reflect all that is learned in the unit.

 

[Zoo Keeper]

Here's a few threads I could dig up...

 

Some of the same posters say similar things in the threads, but there may be enough there from people who have actually used the program to give you something to chew on.  I've only dabbled in Years 7 and 8, so I'm no real help in the using MEP in high school department. 

ETA:  Just remembered that there is a MEP facebook pg... that may get more traction for you. 

Edited January 18, 2022 by Zoo Keeper

[hollyhock2]

I agree that it's a nice little side trip. There are things in the upper levels of MEP that I don't see in other texts, especially the trigonometry and statistics. I'm not sure which levels you are planning to use, but I agree with you that once you're done, you could probably go to a regular algebra program afterwards. My oldest son did all of Year 7, 8 and half of 9, then we did TT Algebra 1, but you could probably switch before Year 9.