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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone talk to me about this like I'm stupid. In our child's school more than half of the kids did compacted math in elementary which put them on a track to take Alg 2 in 9th, and then Pre-cal in 10th.

Are the majority of kids in high achieving schools like this doing Calc AB and then BC or are the majority taking Multivariable senior year?

When did compacted math start? I don't understand how only some schools can offer Multivariable if this track is so popular? I mean track #2 from the math pathways in the link.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/math/math-curriculum-plan[/quote]
Originally compact math was offered to a small percentage of the kids. Sometime after class of 2023, the bar lowered and now it's close to the entire grade at some schools.  No adjustments were even made when class of 2026 kids missed a large percentage of the Algebra curriculum due to Covid closures.

[b]I am not sure what most kids are doing.  To me its silly to push kids ahead do only take Calc AB in 11th and then stats.  Why not slow down and take Calc BC in 12th grade instead?[/b][/quote]

Hi, I'm new to this. Why would taking Calc BC in 12th grade be a slow down? I have a sophomore daughter taking AP PreCalc but all this is new to us.  She's not into STEM so a slower route is ideal. Her HS does have IB so IB Stats is an option. [/quote]
Does not make sense to me that we are pushing non-STEM kids on a path that leads to Calculus in 11th grade.  Especially when so few kids are meeting math benchmarks.  A better path would be one that lead these kids to Calculus in 12th grade (either AB or BC). [/quote]

+1
I have three kids on this track and one is a great math student but unlikely to be going into a stem field and not sure why he'd need Multivariable or ever want to take it.[/quote]

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