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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But VMPI would have accelerated the masses. The standard algebra/geometry/algebra 2 track was 9/10/11 grade, possibly 9/10/12 if you took AFDA during 11th as a bridge. The proposed sequence is mixed A1/G/A2 in 8/9/10. For a lot of kids, that’s accelerating them 1-2 years.

As a math teacher, I agree that taking calculus as a sophomore is a race to nowhere for a lot of kids. For some though, it’s not terrible. So what if you repeat it in college? You have a foundation to build on. What IS terrible is forcing everyone to have algebra in 8th grade. It’s going to result in massive failures, because you’re taking away prealgebra from the very kids that desperately need another year to process the idea of abstract math.[/quote]

Not only was VMPI a recipe for failure for many disadvantaged students, it sought to close the educational gap by [b]eliminating high level math for the top students.[/b]

Yes, we need to address many problems in public math education.  But VMPI was the wrong approach, and it would have made the situation worse.[/quote]

No, it didn't.

In April 2021, VDOE very clearly stated that school systems could continue to accelerate students and offer advanced options.

Stop lying. 
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Any “exemption” to VMPI they might have suggested was only that: an empty suggestion which VADOE might or might not have honored.  And given VADOE’s dishonesty surrounding the whole VMPI, many of us were understandably doubtful.

But more to the point:  VMPI was intended to eliminate the current advanced math curriculum and year long offerings , and replace it with partial year “surveys” (ie - a shallow preview), and water down what was left through the muddled “blending” of topics.

It is you, PP, who needs to stop lying.  No one believes you anymore.[/quote]

An “exemption” from what exactly?

They weren’t “eliminating current advanced math offerings”. They very clearly stated that. They were adding additional advanced math options because not every kid wants/needs calculus.

Seems like you’re just trolling at this point.  
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