Because of the pandemic math scores declined across all social economic levels. I believe there is not a district in the country which was not affected to some degree. I do think the higher income strata has rebounded more so, but I doubt it is back to where it should be. There was a good article the other day about how far behind students are in math around the country.
I noticed the other day in my S24’s Calc BC class that typically there are 5-6 juniors in BC who were on a fast track in middle school and would have taken Alg 1, Alg 2 and Geometry before high school. Instead, this year there are no juniors in the BC class - it is all seniors.
So the current high school juniors were 7th graders when schools shut down, were hybrid or completely remote for 8th grade, so likely never given the opportunity to move ahead.
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