Everything about this movement is rotten. SFUSD claims their reforms pushing algebra to 9th grade decreased the algebra re-take rate from 40% to 7%. However,

Everything about this movement is rotten. SFUSD claims their reforms pushing algebra to 9th grade decreased the algebra re-take rate from 40% to 7%. However, the drop in re-take rate was actually caused primarily by the removal of the requirement to pass a curriculum exam. Quite simply, if “knowing algebra” is removed as a requirement to pass algebra, more people will pass algebra. More at https://www.familiesforsanfrancisco.com/updates/inequity-in-numbers https://www.familiesforsanfrancisco.com/updates/inequity-in-...