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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So… upon review of VA’s math standards (elementary anyway), it’s pretty obvious that they just… aren’t that rigorous.

Purchase ANY decent math curriculum and consistently use it. Many of them surpass VA’s standards![/quote]

Then complain to the state. Get VA to align to common core. This isn’t an APS issue. [/quote]

Huh? No need to complain to the state when many math programs DO cover (and exceed!) current standards. APS just needs to pick one and teachers need to actually use it.

Envision is crap, but there are many good options.[/quote]

You should complain to the state because the state standards are not rigorous enough and the issue with unaligned curriculum would go aware if VA went to common core.[/quote]
There's no rule against exceeding the state standard.  That's a minimum.  [/quote]

It gets hard to match up when the local curriculum is different from the state's. And also there's the issue with curriculum literally not matching. There are tons that match common core. But there are some who want to undermine public ed and get vouchers so maybe that's just you instead of looking to the real source of the problem which is Youngkin.[/quote]APS not having math curriculum has nothing to do with Youngkin or vouchers.  It was the situation before Youngkin and will be after Youngkin.  It's an APS issue.  Duran knows math test scores are falling across the district and across all demographics, as measured by MAP, SOL and NWEA scores.  Yet he literally sent an email saying he was going to watch and wait.  That's not okay.

State standards being different than than off the shelf curriculums has been an issue for ages.  You can work with the publisher to get a special edition made or put together your own rubric to tell teachers how to match the curriculum to standards.  But APS hasn't provided a solution for teachers and isn't even looking for a way to do so because they don't think falling test scores are a problem.

APS only got its act together and dropped Lucy Caulkins after there was nationwide uproar that compelled it to act.  Parents need to speak up and tell Syphax to get off its duff and do its job.  This isn't an unsolvable problem.  APS administrators are just lazy and would prefer to talk more about DEI and make excuses instead of doing their jobs.[/quote]

yes it's been an issue for ages but youngkin is gov and has been for 4 years and didnt' fix it[/quote]
Youngkin pushed for more advanced math classes and harder SOL standards.  That's something.  We now have Math 6 Intensified, a very needed course, only because of Youngkin.  I'm not a Republican but am very glad APS now offers that course.  There was too big a gap between Math 6 and Pre-algebra, leaving many kids either bored or underwater.[/quote]

Math 6 intensified wasn't because of Youngkin. Duran finally gave us more intensified classes in middle school. But you will never give him credit for that or anything else will you? [/quote]RealClearEducation https://share.google/ze9FYu3YjPpOHt6PP

This article explains that the prior Dem administration in Virginia tried to de-track math for equity reasons like San Francisco, which would have eliminated the opportunity to take algebra in middle school.  Youngkin passed this advance math law for grades 5-8 law to ensure access to accelerated math classes.[/quote]

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