The problem: too much math remediation

2014 Report: 47% Oregon HS grads ready for college math

Actual 2013 readiness atOregon community colleges: 37% (placement tests)

Oregon public universities (UO): 55% (ACT/SAT scores) 28% (Math 111 readiness quiz)

Two Possible Responses

1. Improve K-12 math education e.g. through Common Core Standards

2. Re-think the math we want students to know

Q for today:

Is the typical math trajectory ideal --

for everyone ?

Current Math Trajectory

Baccalaureate DegreeAssociate DegreeHigh School Diploma

BS STEM

College Algebra  (Math 111)

 

BS Other

Algebra II 

Algebra I 

Calculus Geom.

Develo

pmenta

l

Algebra

II(M

ath 95

)

BA

Baccalaureate DegreeAssociate DegreeHigh School Diploma

Are there alternatives ?

BS STEMCollege Alg.  

(Math 111) 

BS Other

BA

Alg. II 

Alg. I  Calculus

 

Geom.

Contemp. Math

(Math 105)

 

Prob. & Stats

(Math 243)

? ? ?

Dev. Alg. II

(Math 95)

MATH 98 ?

History of Cross-sector Collaboration in Oregon

1987 AA/OT and CCN

2005 Common Criteria for Gen Ed Courses

1980 - present TOTOM (Teachers of Teachers of Mathematics)(Approx. date) Forum for educators of future math teachers Don Fineran - ODE

1980 - present OMEC (Oregon Mathematics Education Council) (Approx. date) Oregon’s K-College Mathematics Advisory Gary Musser and Marj Enneking Board

HS Pathways Project

Dev Ed Re-design 

New Course Pilots

(Math 98)

Improved Placement

 

Common Outcomes(Math 105)

 

JBAC Math Pathways

Faculty in Quantitative Disciplines

BA & BS D

egrees

College  

 

& University

 

High School Math

Developmental

Math

Math

Re-thinking Math Education in Oregon

We’re not alone

Washington: New “Math for Liberal Arts” Courses

Texas: New Mathways Project (Uri Treisman)

California: Statway & Quantway (Carnegie Foundation )*

CA Acceleration Project

K

K

K

* and supports S & Q in 10 other states