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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][url]https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?e=%5BUNIQID%5D&id=973608ef66&u=12119a80f9eb7a7322f4902ae[/url]

Accelerated Middle School Math Enrollment Declines Post-Covid

The latest SOL release sheds light on the question of how COVID has impacted accelerated math. Using SOL test takers as a proxy for course enrollment, the share of middle school students taking Algebra I fell sharply in Arlington (APS), Fairfax (FCPS), and Loudoun Counties (LCPS) in 2021-22. (Both 7th and 8th grade Algebra I are considered accelerated math courses.) To summarize:
The share of 7th graders taking the Algebra I SOL fell by 8 percentage points in both APS and FCPS and 11 percentage points in LCPS;
The share of 8th graders taking the Algebra I SOL fell by 11 percentage points in both APS and FCPS and 8 percentage points in LCPS;
APS continues to lag FCPS and LCPS in overall middle school math acceleration.
 
The drop in the 2021-22 accelerated math share was not unexpected since prior years’ math classes were not able to cover a full year’s content amidst the fall-out from COVID. Parents and APS opted to reduce student acceleration as a way of remediating learning loss. Some of the drop in the 8th grade Algebra I share may be recouped in 2022-23 given a likely inflow of students who opted out of 7th grade Algebra I last year.

However, the key question is what happens beyond that. Will the accelerated math share return to its pre-COVID levels as students rebuild their math base or will the share continue to trend lower amidst calls from Stanford Education Professor Jo Boaler and others to “go deep, not fast”?[/quote]

Is this APE propaganda?

Now they are complaining when APS raises the bar?

They are so full of crap. 
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