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WestEd.org Connecting Algebra Readiness to College Success Neal Finkelstein, Regional Educational Laboratory, West Silicon Valley Research Alliance Seminar Silicon Valley Education Foundation, October 30, 2012
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Connecting Algebra Readiness to College Success
Neal Finkelstein, Regional Educational Laboratory, West
Silicon Valley Research Alliance Seminar
Silicon Valley Education Foundation, October 30, 2012
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The Student Pipeline by State - Transition and Completion Rates from 9th Grade to College
For every 100 9th graders, the number who graduate from high school within 4 years (based on the public HS graduation rates), the number who go directly to college (based on the college going rates of recent HS graduates), the number who return for their second year of college (based on the first-year retention rates), and the number who graduate from college within 150% of program time (based on the graduation rates).
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The Student Pipeline by State - Transition and Completion Rates from 9th Grade to College
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Percent of California Public High School Graduates Eligible for Admission to CSU and UC in 2007 (Estimates from CPEC Studies)
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“A-G” Course Requirements
Other A-G (elective) Visual & Performing Art History/Social Science History/Social Science
Other A-G Language -- Non-English Other A-G Language -- Non-English
History/Social Science Lab Science Language -- Non-English Lab Science
Other A-G Lab Science Math (Algebra 2) Other A-G Math (Algebra 2) Math (Geometry) Other A-G Math (Geometry) Math (Algebra 1)
Math (Geometry) Math (Algebra 1) English Other A-G Math (Algebra 1) English English
Math (Algebra 1) English English English English English English English
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Percent of CA High School Students Completing A-G, 1989-2009
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Regional Educational Lab, West: Course Taking Patterns in CA
• 31 public high schools • 67,536 complete student records • 12th graders’ transcripts in 2004-05 • No statistically significant differences between TES schools and all CA high schools on 12 descriptive measures • Each course on each transcript “marked” for A-G course accreditation status
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Cumulative Units Completed in Math, by Grade Level
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Percentage of Students Meeting CSU Course Requirements
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Number and percent of students by CST 2011 proficiency level and grade
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proficiency level
Grade 6 Grade 7
number percent number percent Far Below Basic 369 7.2 339 6.6
Below Basic 1,040 20.2 979 19.1
Basic 1,320 25.7 1,452 28.4
Proficient 1,395 27.2 1,595 31.2
Advanced 1,012 19.7 752 14.7
Total 5,136 5,117
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Students in Grade 6 who took the Math Diagnostic Testing Program’s Pre-Algebra readiness test
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Note: FRDM=Fractions and Decimals GEOM=Measurement of Geometric Objects GRDA=Co-ordinate Geometry, Graphical Representation, Data Analysis INTG=Integers LITS=Literal Symbols PROP=Proportional Reasoning n=5,136
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Students in Grade 6 who took the MDTP Pre-Algebra readiness test and the 2011 CST concurrently
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Completing Algebra 1 by 8th grade is highly correlated with math completion in high school
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Math Course Rankings
Rank Description 0 Independent Study 1 Basic Math (Math 7, Foundations, CAHSEE Prep, etc) 2 Pre-Algebra 3 Algebra 4 Geometry 5 Intermediate Algebra/Algebra II 6 Statistics/Finite/Discrete 7 Pre-calculus/Math Analysis/Trigonometry 8 Calculus 9 Linear Algebra
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Math Trajectory
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What do you think the modal pattern is?
