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Another essentially unfalsifiable claim that turns into soft racism. If the present student body is doing just as well as previous students, that's evidence that standards must be lowered or that grading is more lenient because [b]of course[/b] Black and Hispanic kids can't do as well as [b]our[/b] kids! We try harder! We care more about school! We have the market cornered on effort in academics!

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You actually haven't presented any evidence that the present student body is doing just as well as previous students.

You lose credibility when you come across as such a shill.  It appears all you care about is PR and want to declare success on the basis of very little evidence. [/quote]

DP.  It's unreasonable to expect the class of 2025 to do as well as previous TJ classes.  3 months of 7th grade and most of 8th grade were virtual for them, with extremely low standards for As at almost every middle school.  Even the high achievers lost some of the content that was supposed to be taught in their honors/AAP classes.  If more kids in the class of 2025 need remedial classes, it could reflect lower standards.  It also could reflect the learning loss and difficulties with virtual schooling for so many of the kids.  
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It's important to note that there is a difference between remedial classes and a lower starting point.

Remedial classes are what you get when you are advanced to a level that is beyond your command and you have to go backwards to relearn material.

What is (slightly) more common with 2025 is that they are entering at a starting point where [b]previously only 5-10% of TJ students entered, and it's now closer to 15-20%.[/b]

TJ Math teachers have nearly universally believed that students who learned Geometry and Algebra II at TJ had much stronger foundations and ended up with better command of the material and concepts than students who entered TJ in the AlgII/Pre-Calc equivalent.[/quote]

Additionally - these students all are tracked to get through Calculus BC in their senior year and have access to many, if not all, of the highly advanced STEM classes that TJ has to offer. But the 80% of the other students should be able to more than keep those afloat.[/quote]

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