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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope the board will at least release Information about how those classes are doing now, survey teachers about preparedness and readiness and more now that they’re not locked into silence because of lawsuits. Anecdata is not good and it would be good to explore to see if there are concerns and figure out how to fix them (rather than the smug, self-congratulatory email I just received from the board).[/quote]

From TJ teachers — https://fairfaxgop.org/tj-math-teachers-note-lowering-of-standards/[/quote]

Yeah, this is directed to the last year of the students admitted under the old admissions.  IOW, not responsive.

But it is indicative of the problems in the math department at TJ.  [/quote]

No. Read it carefully. The email is to those those admitted by the current senseless process.

The students admitted in the last batch of the rigorous process (class of 2024) would not have been taking TJ4 in 2023. The Class of 2024 and earlier never received an email like this (I have DC’s in those classes)[/quote]

I read it carefully.  It says: "The students in the spring semester course of Math 4, which the email is about, include Class of 2024 students, the last class admitted through the merit-based admissions tests that the school board eliminated in December 2020, and students from the Class of 2025, admitted through the new race-based admissions process."  That last part is inaccurate, fwiw.  The new admissions process is race-neutral.  [/quote]

Yes it’s possible for some freshman to be in Math 4 but those are the kids that were triple advanced in math already (so taking geometry in 7th) and that’s not the bulk of the kids in a given TJ grade. MOST of the kids in math 4 would have been sophomores that year - the last kids under the old system. [/quote]

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