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La Canada school board adopts clearer math-placement path, orders new challenge exam
Summary
After extended public debate, the La Canada Unified School District board directed staff to create an algebra-placement exam and set provisional criteria to let students test into advanced courses while preserving safeguards for other students and teachers.
La Canada Unified School District trustees directed staff to finalize changes to Administrative Regulation 6152.1 on math placement after an extended public discussion that brought parents, teachers and students to the board meeting.
The board approved a staff plan to develop a standardized placement exam to be offered for rising middle‑school students who want to accelerate beyond grade‑level math. For the current implementation year staff will offer the algebra‑level exam twice (an end‑of‑year offering and a repeat in August) and collect outcome data for future calibration.
The board also agreed on provisional score thresholds for acceleration: 70 percent to place from sixth…
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