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teachers have also modified curricula and the approach to its presentation, and are encouraged, Mr. Smith said, by these changes and by student performance so far this year. He also said that after school and resource remediation programs are in progress, and that “teachers expect great improvements.”
Mr. Smith admitted that mathematics was “in a bit of a hole.” He said that mathematics skills are sequential, and poor performance in Algebra I, for example, will lead to poor performance in subsequent math courses. He noted too that the math performance problem has been exacerbated by problems in teacher retention.
Solutions include incresed attention to remediation opportunities for poorly performing students, the recent
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