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I understand that the state has done away with it. I’m telling you, as a parent of a rising 6th grader and rising 9th grader in Loudoun, that LCPS already took the equity framework and ran with it. And they are not backpedaling or changing course because Youngkin got rid of it. It just had to do course selection for my child entering middle school. The curriculum is unrecognizable from 3 years ago.[/quote]

They have backpedaled slightly, and you can request your elementary principal contact Wendy King for testing to go into algebra.
However, it appears results are way down for admission even into pre-algebra.[/quote]

I guess that’s what happens when they raise the bar. 
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Is this raising of the bar justified?  If they're seeing that too many kids are over accelerated but faltering later, surely they have some sort of data indicating as much.  I'm all for restricting acceleration when the data supports it.  I'm guessing, though, that there's nothing at all in the data to suggest that accelerated kids are struggling, but instead it's being used as an excuse for social engineering.  The optics are bad when the highest math tracks have entirely too few URMs and entirely "too many" Asian kids.  The easiest fix is to restrict qualified (largely Asian) kids from accessing the top math tracks, so the demographics look better.  [/quote]

They did this in APS several years ago because the math teachers said they weren’t seeing great outcomes in higher level math. You should ask LCPS for their reasons & supporting data, but it’s likely skewed by the pandemic.

If they reduce the # of kids doing advanced math the % of Asian in upper levels will probably *increase*. 
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