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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Furthermore, to reach calculus in 12th grade, a student must now study math over one summer.[/quote]

This is unequivocally false. Now ALL girls will reach calculus by 12th grade instead of just the top 75% of the class. The elimination of tracking now highlights the fact that the bottom 25% of the class were never  before given the opportunity to move beyond a placement decision made when they were 11/12 years old. I see that as a huge win. [/quote]

Under the new system, the top 25% don’t have the option of taking geometry in 8th grade any longer. To be on par with girls who enter in 9th grade, they will probably need to take geometry over the summer. [/quote]

This is the same math sequence offered at NCS.  Everyone is in Algebra 1 in 8th.  A select few (as few as 5) are offered the opportunity to take geometry over the summer after 8th grade and will take Algebra 2 in 9th.  The rest will take geometry in 9th. 
The incoming 9th graders are all tested and some percentage will also take Algebra 2 in 9th.  However, many are asked to repeat Algebra 1 or geometry.  My daughter has two friends incoming from public and they will both be repeating a prior math class. They did not do well on the placement exam as it is quite rigorous.

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