Amid rise in first-year students unprepared for college math, some UC professors say it’s time to reinstate SATs

In 2024, the number of students placed in one of UC San Diego’s lowest math courses — Math 2 and Math 3B — increased from 490 ...
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College Professors Say Incoming Students No Longer Understand Middle School Math and Science

"We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle-school mathematics." The post College ...
EdSurge

In College Math, Faculty Is Key. But Will This Insight Actually Help Students?

A couple of years ago, Kelly Spoon decided to experiment with her assessment practices. A number of instructors in the math department at San Diego Mesa College, where she's a professor, had started ...
KQED

Inside the perplexing study that’s inspired colleges to drop remedial math

When Alexandra Logue served as the chief academic officer of the City University of New York (CUNY) from 2008 to 2014, she discovered that her 25-college system was spending over $20 million a year on ...
The Hechinger Report

For community-college students who struggle with arithmetic, some solutions

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. For many students ...
WESA

College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic

A student uses his phone to copy the whiteboard at the end of a summer math boot camp session on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2023 at George Mason University in Fairfax. Va. Diego Fonseca looked at the computer ...