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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In a college engineering curriculum, a student’s baseline math requirements include calc 1, calc 2, calc 3, diff eq, and linear algebra. The high school AP program designated calc AB = college calc 1, and calc BC = calc 1 and calc 2. Why would an entire high school math curriculum lead to a high school student to take BOTH calc AB (in 11th grade) and calc BC (in 12th). That student is essentially taking calc 1 twice, which makes no sense within the AP program. And the only students taking calc BC in high school would be ones with the interest and ability, and should have no need to repeat calc 1. This plan makes no sense for the advanced.[/quote]

This is not the proposed plan, and is more common for advanced students now.  The idea is that in some schools in LCPS, many kids, maybe half, take algebra in 7th grade, and they are able to take calculus AB in 11th grade.  This is not the top math students, but instead just generally high achieving students not particularly capable in math.  They take AB, then take calculus BC for a deeper understanding.  With the new pathways, they are likely to not take calculus BC even if available.
The proposed plan would have all these kids not getting calculus AB.[/quote]

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