As Twitchy reported in April, the Virginia Department of Education is moving to eliminate all accelerated math courses before 11th grade as part of its equity-focused plan. From grades 6 through 10, all students will take the same “essentials” courses; only in 11th grade will those with an aptitude for advanced math courses have them available.
That’s not good news, going by the 2019 Nation’s Report Card for science, which lists the percentage of students who are proficient in their grade level. Corey DeAngelis is the national director of research for the American Federation for Children, whose aim is for money to follow the student, not the school.
The Nation's Report Card just came out for 2019 science:
4th Grade: 36% proficient
8th Grade: 35% proficient
12th Grade: 22% proficient— Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) May 25, 2021
There was a statistically significant drop in science results for 4th grade in 2019 pic.twitter.com/9tQSbKMLIv
— Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) May 25, 2021
Can you link a source? (not questioning you, I just like to see the data).
— Mike (@ZainoNYC) May 25, 2021
— Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) May 25, 2021
Wokeness: 90%
— Taxpayer1234 (@Taxpayers1234) May 25, 2021
Sad side note: Some of the12th graders in this report are now voters and/or activists yelling in our faces to “follow the science”.
— HawkeyePilot (@HawkeyePilot) May 25, 2021
— Aaron L (@Gold_Bugg) May 25, 2021
This is BEFORE we closed schools for Covid. Imagine how much further these numbers will drop!
— Jonathan Weimar (@j_weimar) May 25, 2021
It decreases over time in school?????
— Erik Ellefsen (@epellefsen) May 25, 2021
Often the case. Standards become more demanding with each grade level, but students with poor preparation in the foundations find it harder to keep up.
— Jim (@jim_again) May 25, 2021
Equity almost achieved
— Zombie Jesus (@christisundead) May 25, 2021
Only gonna get worse now that some districts are dropping AP classes in the interests of "equity".
— Craig Keenan (@Calcrash) May 26, 2021
But at least kids know their pronouns.
— Jack T (@JacktonyD) May 25, 2021
Abigail Schrier thinks this is probably not the best time for teachers to focus on the white supremacist roots of math class.
Now is definitely the time to cancel all AP classes and force our best young scientific minds to talk about “whiteness.” https://t.co/Hboe9JCi0r
— Abigail Shrier (@AbigailShrier) May 26, 2021
We won't have equity until it is 0% proficient across the board
— FeralQuokka (@FeralQuokka) May 26, 2021
Statistics and facts aren't part of "equity" …. remember
— Sean (@HUL0NG) May 26, 2021
I wonder what the figures are for China.
— Mark Drury (@Icarusflyer) May 26, 2021
But how is this possible? We ”follow the science.” Americans are best at sciencing.🤔
— Nope (@twisimilitude) May 26, 2021
I am sure the teachers unions will be right there to solve this nightmare!! What in the hell are we doing?
— M.D. Man (@mholman12) May 26, 2021
What we need to discuss is that the push of CRT in the schools is to excuse the poor outcomes and distract from the failures and make us water down the outcomes by attacking merit in the name of “equity”!
— Bryan Beatty (@BryanB8) May 26, 2021
Truth.
Related:
Common core meet woke core? Virginia moves to end all advanced math classes before 11th grade as part of 'equity-focused plan' https://t.co/2r5uLR12xc
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 23, 2021
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