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[quote=Anonymous][quote]What the article does suggest is that [b]there might be a disconnect between the curriculum and the test, [/b]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.[/quote]

Link to Post Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/thou...2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html

"Algebra is algebra.  Not much has changed over the last 100 years.  Algebra in Moscow is the same as algebra in Lagos, D.C or Beijing.  What disconnect?  It is either taught well, poorly or not all.  MCPS leadership is shopping for excuses:  too much over acceleration, disconnect between curriculum and test, kids don't take it seriously because the inflated A grade in the subject is already in the bag, must be the remedial kids we have been accelerating over the last decade (since the advanced and accelerated must have done well), must be immigrants that don't speak English as primary language soiling our statistics."[/quote]

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