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Douglas, Daniel; McKay, Heather; Edwards, Renee – Grantee Submission, 2020
In 2015, Bergen Community College (BCC) received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education First in the World Grant Program. The grant entitled Alternatives to Mathematics Education: An Unprecedented Program (AMP-UP), was awarded to conduct a randomized control trial on a corequisite approach to developmental math education. This study was…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Mathematics Instruction, Remedial Mathematics, Acceleration (Education)
Rutschow, Elizabeth Zachry; Sepanik, Susan; Deitch, Victoria; Raufman, Julia; Dukes, Dominique; Moussa, Adnan – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2019
Analyses of literacy and numeracy levels worldwide by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development suggest that the U.S. population has one of the lowest numeracy levels among developed nations. Sixty-four percent of American adults are unable to use math and interpret math problems that most higher-level jobs require, and a full 30…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills, Adults