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[quote=Anonymous]To get back on track, after another round of digressing into the failings of 2.0 and illegal immigration. Here is the exact text from the article in todays Post:

[quote]Recently released figures show failure rates of 62 percent for high school students taking the county’s geometry final and 57 percent for those taking the Algebra 2 exam. Among students taking the same courses on the honors level, 30 percent to 36 percent failed the end-of-semester tests in January, according to data from the school system.[/quote]

Both accelerated and non-accelerated kids are failing at a huge rate. This cohort of kids did not have 2.0 and may or may not have been over accelerated, we don't have the data on year over year failures for these kids, so we really can't tell.

What the article does suggest is that there might be a disconnect between the curriculum and the test, between the review packet and the test, or their might be cumulative educational deficits either due to acceleration, or to the curriculum. We don't know.

Link to Post Article: [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/thousands-flunk-math-finals-in-montgomery/2013/05/04/88f807d4-b37e-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html[/url][/quote]

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