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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is now the trend. If you look at San Francisco Unified there is no other option but to take Algebra in 9th grade. If you want your child to be challenged and pass out of Algebra 1 they have to take a University of California approved algebra class and take a test offered by the school district. So if your child takes AOPS Algebra it won't count because it isn't an A-G approved provider. Then you are only advanced 1 year.

More and more districts are not allowing math acceleration. [/quote]

But how does this improve equity?  Bright kids who are not wealthy enough to escape the public school system are stuck with Algebra I in 9th.  People who are wealthy will place their kids in private schools, where their kids will get Algebra in 7th or 8th.  Wouldn't this just increase the divide between the haves and the have-nots?  [/quote]

I guess the argument is that the schools promote in school equity by holding back some and providing more resources to those who need it via richer experiences for all?

The reality is quite different.[/quote]

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