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ZMythos posted...

Students on low tracks are substantially more likely to stay on those low tracks and never get high quality math education.

i think the key point to make here is that the quality of education stems from the instruction and associated funding, and not the level of difficulty/advancement of the class

when you have a tracking system, you put your best teachers in charge of AP calculus and your worst in charge of senior precalc

resulting in the senior precalc class being quite awful

it's important to understand that de-tracking necessarily puts all/the vast majority of students on the lowest track, and the intent then is to make the lowest track actually taught well