It wasn't just a failed pilot: It was a pilot which prevented advanced students from taking algebra. Lines up with Harrison Bergeron perfectly.
And on top of it they claimed it was a success as failure rates went down. The failure rate went down because nobody was being tested.
https://www.joannejacobs.com/post/algebra-for-none-fails-in-...
> The district had bragged that algebra failure rates had dropped. Families for San Francisco, a parent group, analyzed the data: Failure rates dropped after the district dropped the end-of-course exam.
