It's difficult to assess which students have a chance of success without standardized testing.

"In 2024, over 25% of the students in Math 2 had a math grade average of 4.0".

Math 2 is the remedial elementary and middle school math course at UC SD. Lack of standardized testing plus grade inflation contributes to this outcome.

Sure, but these students are likely two groups; those who are never going to be good at math, and those who were never really taught math.

The latter may need an opportunity to succeed.