A Call to Action to Improve Math Placement Policies and Processes: Six Policy Recommendations to Increase STEM Student Aspirations and Success While Decreasing Racial and Income Gaps

Autor/inn/en	Couturier, Lara K.; Cullinane, Jenna
Institution	Jobs for the Future; Achieving the Dream, Inc.; University of Texas, Charles A. Dana Center
Titel	A Call to Action to Improve Math Placement Policies and Processes: Six Policy Recommendations to Increase STEM Student Aspirations and Success While Decreasing Racial and Income Gaps
Quelle	(2015), (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; Educational Improvement; STEM Education; Academic Aspiration; Success; Achievement Gap; Racial Differences; Low Income Groups; Student Placement; Mathematics Achievement; Educational Attainment; Educational Change; Change Strategies; College Preparation; College Readiness; Developmental Programs; Developmentally Appropriate Practices; Alignment (Education); Testing Programs; Student Personnel Services; Academic Advising; Student Educational Objectives; Articulation (Education); Algebra + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; STEM; Erfolg; Rassenunterschied; Schülerpraktikum; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Bildungsreform; Lösungsstrategie; Entwicklungsplan; Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung; Akademischer Rat; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache
Abstract	This call to action is based on a simple but important premise: The nation cannot allow college placement policies, processes, and instruments to undermine promising efforts to increase student success in mathematics and increase attainment of STEM credentials. Efforts to redesign math pathways hold great promise for improving the teaching and learning experiences of students who need college algebra--many of whom are STEM students--and helping those students persist toward and maintain STEM aspirations. But placement policies, processes, and instruments have not kept pace with math redesign efforts. This call to action, co-authored by Lara Couturier of Jobs for the Future (JFF) and Jenna Cullinane of the The Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with Achieving the Dream, offers six recommendations for how states and their colleges should revise math placement policies, processes, and supports to ensure that STEM-interested students are properly placed into an on-ramp leading to well-taught math courses that maintain--and even increase--their STEM aspirations. [The experiences and expertise of the Postsecondary State Policy Network's Cross-State STEM Workgroup--run by JFF in collaboration with the Achieving the Dream National Reform Network with support from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust--in collaboration with experts from The Charles A. Dana Center, Jobs for the Future, and Achieving the Dream, inform the policy recommendations provided in this report.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01