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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, calculus in HS is technically accelerated. But that’s beside the point. The original VMPI plan was to allow NO acceleration/differentiation through 10th grade. So offering calculus, without offering the classes needed to be ready for it, was dumb and basically sabotage. When people pushed back, they reversed course and changed this. I attended online meetings & read about it at the time. We are not making this up, no matter how many times you say it. In one of the online meetings, they clarified that they had changed things so acceleration COULD happen at lower grades. But that was NOT the original plan.  [/quote]

Goal posts shifting...

I was also following and joined the webinars. I provided summaries on DCUM. Again, in the beginning, people were jumping to conclusions based on very little info. VDOE was very early in the process and throwing out ideas. They were several months out from an actual plan. And, at no point did they say that school districts couldn't accelerate or define their own courses to meet the needs of their students, as they were already doing. As I said earlier, VMPI never proposed to eliminate advanced math or acceleration. And, Calculus/IB were *always* included as possible paths.

And, back to the OP.....LCPS did not “eliminate acceleration”. Kids can take accelerate at least two years ahead in math.

OP is pushing lies and random articles about CA schools because the Rs have no actual platform. 
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DP  VDOE was not "very early in the process". They already had a draft of the Essential Concepts courses by early 2021 and were intending to write the standards in spring 2021.  From BOE January 2021: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/data-policy-funding/virginia-board-of-education/board-meetings-agendas-and-minutes/january-27-28-2021

"Phase 1 of the project occurred during the [b]2019-2020 school year[/b]. ... Members of the leadership team led these groups to [b]develop a draft [/b]set of essential mathematics concepts for grades 8-10"

"Phase 2 of the project is currently underway during the [b]2020-2021 school year[/b]. ... The Essential Mathematics Concepts team [b]met[/b] to review the existing 2016 Mathematics Standards of Learning and [b]further define a set of essential mathematics concepts for grades 8-10[/b]. The team is now seeking feedback from various stakeholder groups to [b]revise the work[/b] and will begin creating draft standards and a curriculum framework this spring."
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No, it was still early in the process. At that point, they were still seeking early feedback from stakeholders. After that, they were going to be working on a proposal through 2022 and then it would go through a more formal public review process. 
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It was not early in the process. VMPI sprang out of a coordinated effort by the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences and the Dana Center in early 2019, which encouraged states to reform their math programs in line with the recommendations of NCTM's "Catalyzing Change" and NCSM's "A Call for Detracking Math". CBMS asked states to form working groups in each of their states, which prompted VA to establish VMPI. In May 2019, CBMS grouped VA with California in a small working group to advance their math agendas together, which is why there are common themes (heterogenous, detracked classes) in the original versions of VMPI and the California Math Framework. VMPI was following a detailed roadmap from this multi-state venture; it was not just "throwing out ideas". By the end of 2020, VMPI had its plan for heterogenous, detracked classes in place and began to ask for feedback from the community. They got that feedback in abundance.[/quote]

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