They will be better then they would be in a low performance school. They would still underperformed relative to their new environment and if pressure is high they can crash but from experience it does lift them up to some extent.
I was in a math program and I was noticing what happened and even guys that were clearly not made for that class would have preformed a lot worse if put in a regular class.
This. IQ is a cap on your ability, and most schools don't push students anywhere near the cap. Let's say, for example, you take 2 people with, say, 85-90 IQ and put them in two different classes, one class which actually demands stuff of one student and the other is equity-math BS or something. The one from the class that demands stuff is going to be at a much better state at the end of the year than the equity-math guy. True, neither will be going on the calculus but the difference will be quite noticeable.
They will be better then they would be in a low performance school. They would still underperformed relative to their new environment and if pressure is high they can crash but from experience it does lift them up to some extent. I was in a math program and I was noticing what happened and even guys that were clearly not made for that class would have preformed a lot worse if put in a regular class.
This. IQ is a cap on your ability, and most schools don't push students anywhere near the cap. Let's say, for example, you take 2 people with, say, 85-90 IQ and put them in two different classes, one class which actually demands stuff of one student and the other is equity-math BS or something. The one from the class that demands stuff is going to be at a much better state at the end of the year than the equity-math guy. True, neither will be going on the calculus but the difference will be quite noticeable.