<p>Our middle school offers Regents (high school level) biology to about 1/3 of the kids. Other schools in the area offer Regents Earth science. The grades and credit appear on the high school transcript. It makes it easier to fit in more AP courses for kids who are interested. Even the non-science types may be able to fit in more electives in high school or non science APs. I only know of one kid whose parent advocated for him to do the 8th grade bio class as a 7th grader. If I had it to do over again, I’d do it for my kid. He was already double accelerated in math - there were several kids in the same boat and we carpooled for a first period math class at the high school.</p>