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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The only students who take Algebra I in high school are the students taking below-grade-level math. Students taking grade-level math take Algebra I in 8th grade - i.e, middle school. Students taking above-grade-level math take Algebra I in 7th grade -- also middle school. [/quote]

And what happens to the huge number of kids who failed Algebra I in high school? Do they just keep re-taking it or do they get moved into the next class and fall further behind?

How about the high numbers of ELA failures in middle performing schools? How can a school be a GS 8 when 40% of the school can't pass 10th grade English? These are not high FARMS schools either. Something is terribly wrong.

PARCC is ONLY testing basic academic skills. It doesn't include scientific process, require any knowledge of historical or political concepts, or anything beyond english language and math. 2.0 was designed specifically for PARCC by MCPS staff and Pearsons that created the PARCC test. For the past seven years, MCPS has basically ONLY been prepping for PARCC and the failure rates are very horrible. [/quote]

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