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Board adopts math-placement policy to comply with new state law, emphasizing multiple measures and safeguards
Summary
To comply with SB 359, the board adopted a math-placement policy requiring objective multiple measures for ninth-grade math placement, an early checkpoint for placement validation, and annual data review to prevent disproportionate placements by race or background.
The San Francisco Board of Education voted Tuesday to adopt a math-placement policy designed to comply with the Mathematics Placement Act (SB 359). The move formalizes a policy requiring that districts use multiple objective academic measures when placing pupils into ninth-grade math courses, include at least one early-year placement checkpoint, and examine…
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