Statistical courses, rather than algebra remediation, do a better job at helping first-year students succeed when they test into developmental education, a new report ...

Policies placing first-year college students assessed as needing remedial math directly into college-level quantitative courses, with additional support, can increase student success, according to a ...

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This story was updated on Aug. 2, 2017. A new policy from the California State University system will soon allow some students to take math classes with pre-requisites other than intermediate algebra ...

There is a crisis in our traditional remedial mathematics education. Many, likely most, math faculty members have already heard much about this crisis. But many faculty members outside math ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul Medina struggled with remedial math in community college, but ultimately passed a college-level course with intense help from ...