I agree that standardized tests should not be so heavily relied upon to assess academic readiness. However, our 2023 student, who goes to a competitive high school, and is taking the ACT for several colleges (who still require testing) has really struggled in math. During covid… spring freshman year… the curriculum was abbreviated. Then the next two years because of online/hybrid learning the rigor did not come back to pre-covid levels. He started this summer meeting with a tutor to address the math “gaps.” Most of the gaps are in geometry and algebra II… freshman/sophomore year math. Additionally, during covid the grading was very generous I guess to make up for the lack of instruction. Fortunately, this year the school is back to its original rigor. Unfortunately, it is like a sledgehammer for a lot of kids mine included. It is hard to make-up for 2.5 years of “teaching lite” in the span of one or two semesters.
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