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Judge blocks mandatory algebra testing for California eighth-graders

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A Sacramento Superior Court judge Friday blocked a controversial state plan requiring that all California eighth-graders be tested in algebra. The state's algebra mandate would have been the most ambitious in the nation.

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1 in 7 eighth-graders failed to pass TAKS, will need waivers to avoid being held back

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In the first year that eighth-graders were required to pass the reading and math sections of the TAKS before being promoted, 14 percent of students failed in math and 5 percent failed the reading portion of the exam, according to a report from the Texas Education Agency.

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Report: Kids misplaced in algebra

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Algebra is considered a "gateway" course for higher learning. Students who take it that year are on track for calculus as seniors. President Clinton made eighth-grade algebra a priority, and an influential 1995 book labeled algebra "The New Civil Right."

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School groups challenge Calif. algebra mandate

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Groups representing school administrators and local education boards are challenging California's requirement that all eighth-graders be tested in algebra.

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Dan Walters: Algebra row symbolizes wider issue

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This week's dust-up over whether all of California's eighth-graders should be taking algebra encapsulates one of the state's overarching educational dilemmas: Is it wise to set educational standards that apply to all students, even though they have an astonishing and ever-widening array of innate abilities and cultural, economic, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds?

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California mandates testing every eighth-grader in algebra -- ready or not

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Every California eighth-grader will be tested in algebra -- ready or not -- under a policy approved Wednesday that could make the state the first in the nation to require an upper-level math class before high school.

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Schwarzenegger wants mandatory algebra test for eighth-graders

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An algebra war has broken out in the top levels of government that could cause shock waves in middle schools across the state. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday urged the California State Board of Education to require that all eighth-graders be tested in Algebra 1. If the board agrees during a meeting today, it would mark a huge shift for California middle schools.

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