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Math Education Needs Reform. It Got a War Instead

by 7402 on 12/18/24, 10:13 PM with 2 comments

• by readthenotes1 on 12/19/24, 2:41 AM

  "In the 2023–2024 school year, 75 percent of low-income Black 11th graders and 66 percent of low-income Hispanic 11th graders failed to meet the state’s math standards, while 52 percent of low-income white 11th graders and 29 percent of Asian 11th graders in the same category fell short of the expected proficiency levels"

  Seems like that's pretty easy to fix.

• by 2lazy2pwdmgr on 12/19/24, 2:43 AM

  Do whatever we had in the early 90's before NCLBA. I got a perfect 800 on the SAT-I math section without studying or any prep or coaching thanks somewhat to AP Calculus BC (5 on that test also, also without studying). (Anecdotal sample size of 1, sure.)