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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If MCPS adopts this, it should be in place of regular pre calc,  not honors.

This is just the college board looking to get more money from people and watering down standards. [/quote]
Close. Since school systems all over the country are watering down courses, it's the College Board attempting to hold up at least a decent minimum standard.[/quote]
A third view. Reform math is very popular with education schools and its graduates. There have been numerous efforts across the US to water down Algebra 2 content as this course is seen as a barrier to upper level math for disadvantaged kids. Districts are moving tough math content out of Algebra 2 and putting it into Precalculus. But that squeezes harder topics out of Precalculus. AP Precalculus institutionalizes this existing reform movement and makes it easier for districts to eliminate honors Precalc; if districts eliminate honors Precalc outright, there would be parent outcry. If they eliminate it but say they are replacing it with a rigorous AP alternative, parent response will likely be more muted.[/quote]

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