(2009) What impact do high school mathematics curricula have on college-level mathematics placement?
James Wollack
and Michael Fish:Major Findings
- CORE-Plus students performed significantly less well on math placement test and ACT-M than did traditional students
- Change in performance was observed immediately after switch
- Score trends throughout CORE-Plus years actually decreased slightly
Inconsistent with a teacher learning-curve hypothesis
- CORE-AP students fared much better, but not as well as the traditional-AP students
Both sample sizes were low
2012: “An increasing number of freshmen in the UW System need remedial math when they start college, according to UW officials.”
2014: “
The UW’s freshman math remediation rate of 21% is below the national average of 25% to 35%, according to Cross.
UW Regent Jose Vasquez bristled at the UW System taking on “a problem that is really our cohort’s problem,” referring to K-12. “The problem was not created by the university and I’m not convinced we can solve it within the university.”
He advocated earlier intervention in high school.
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Related: Math Forum audio/video.
and: Foundations of Reading Results (Wisconsin Education Schools), or MTEL arrives.
