If it didn't make me ill- this would be hysterical

[emeraldkity4]

<p>My younger daughter has attended Seattle Public schools since 3rd grade- where various workbooks of new-new math were used.</p>

<p>The curriculum is big on story problems & for my daughter who is dyslexic this posed an obstacle- because the written explanation was given more credit than if the answer was correct.
Much of the time- we couldn’t even figure out what the question was.
I feel it is one thing to have materials based math in elementary school- but in high school, where they need to be prepared to go on- how can they go on, if the curriculum didn’t even cover things like long division in upper elementary?</p>

<p>NCLB stipulated for testing to evaluate student progress- because of poor performance in math- Seattle has not required passing of the math portion for graduation.</p>

<p>Almost 29,000 Washington High School Students Can’t Pass Math WaSL</p>

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A little more than one-quarter of the 11,673 high-school students who retook the math portion of the WASL in August earned a passing score. That leaves about 29,000 students — 42 percent — in the Class of 2008 without a key portion of their graduation requirements.
“Nearly half of Class of ‘08 still lacking on the WASL,” By Lynn Thompson, Seattle Times, 11/09/06

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<p>[Seattle</a> SD recommends inferior Discovering Algebra curriculum](<a href=“http://www.wheresthemath.com/blog/]Seattle”>http://www.wheresthemath.com/blog/)</p>

<p>It really is puzzling why the district chose this course.</p>