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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curriculum 2.0 aims to get most kids to Algebra in 8th grade which takes them to 1 AP math class in HS.  2 for kids in compacted math.  That seems pretty good to me.  If a child is truly math focused they can double up on math in HS or take a summer class to go farther.  How much college level math are you looking for OP?[/quote]

OP here.

Thanks for the comments.  I think that you are saying that Curriculum 2.0 is much better than Common Core math in terms of the end goal.  If so, this is great.  Still, is there an official message confirming that?

Meanwhile, for the college level math, is it the same as college ready math?  Is AP math course college ready or college level?

I remember that there was a message talking about something like "Some university professors said students needed to take remedial math since either the AP math was not deep enough or the kids did not learn it right."  
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College ready means kids have the skills to be successful in basic, 101 level college courses.   (Intro to American History, Psychology 101, etc.)  I'm sure Calculus is considered an introductory college level course; however many ambitious students try to take a lot of their introductory college level courses in high school as AP classes.

From my understanding, the concerns hasn't been kids taking AP Calculus, but not learning it , in high school.   The greater concerns has been kids graduating with a high school diploma, and needing to take remedial algebra (or lower-- basic arithmetic, fractions,  decimals, percents and such) in college.[/quote]

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