SK> ->    The report also noted that after EQUITY 2000 was
SK> introduced -> at the schools, students passed Algebra I at
SK> rates comparable to -> those before the program was
SK> introduced, even though enrollment has -> almost doubled.
SK> And the percentage of tenth graders enrolled in
Our system also requires virtually all students take algebra.
SK> ->    From the report:  "Students at the sites are, in
SK> general, -> being exposed to improved forms of mathematics
SK> instruction and to the -> skills and knowledge that will
SK> better prepare them for -> postsecondary education."  The
SK> preliminary success caused The
This language is curious. It seems that no claims are being made 
for increased achievement. We could expose my cats to the worm 
theory of parallel universes in an improved fashion. Wouldn't do 
much good, however. 
In our system, the courses may be _called_ pre algebra and 
algebra, but the actual content is a different matter. Some of 
the old timers are in trouble with the administration for the 
student failure rates. I'm going to check out their web site and 
see if any real research has been done to evaluate to success of 
the program.
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