Webinar Series # 4: Quantitative Leap How Math Policies Can Support Transitions To and Through College
October 11, 2016
Quantitative Leap: Webinar 4
Webinar 4 – Seizing Twelfth Grade to Improve Math Readiness: Senior-Year Transition Courses
October 27, 11:00am – 12:15pm Pacific (2pm – 3:15pm Eastern)
Faced with high proportions of students needing remedial math courses in college, education systems across the country are prioritizing the goal of improving college readiness. Approaches include both strengthening K12 instruction and improving alignment with postsecondary expectations. One relatively new strategy that combines these approaches and links postsecondary institutions and K12 school is the design of senior-year transition courses. These courses aim to ensure students are ready for the demands of college-level math courses. Join us to hear from researchers and practitioners about efforts to implement transition courses and their success to date.
For more information, and to register click here.
Featuring:
Neal Finkelstein, Senior Research Scientist, WestEd
Angela Boatman, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education, Vanderbilt University
Elisabeth Barnett, Senior Research Associate, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University
Pitt Turner, Mathematics Professor, Sierra College
Host:
Pamela Burdman, Education Policy Analyst, Opportunity Institute Fellow
If you missed the previous webinars in the Quantitative Leap! series, you can find them here:
Webinar 1 on state-level efforts to transform postsecondary mathematics
Webinar 2 on new placement policies designed to address the limitations of commonly-used placement test
Webinar 3 on the links between high school math course-taking and college readiness
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