Imagine you’re 16. You’ve just passed your California driver’s test, and you’re lining up to get what you think will be your license. Instead, you’re presented with a form telling you that, though you ...

A number of courses across the university use either the Miami Math Placement exam or an ACT or SAT mathematics test subscore as a prerequisite. Since ACT and SAT scores are optional, all incoming ...

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In the gap between graduating from high school and entering college, incoming freshmen encounter a major buzz kill: placement tests. Many students, caught up in the excitement of setting foot on their ...

Do tests or high-school grades better determine whether a student is ready for college-level math and reading? For public universities and community colleges, increasingly the answer is both—or no ...

At CU Boulder, students have several math courses to choose from, based on their intended major. While some courses do not require a prerequisite or prior math experience, others will require a math ...

Students come to Bethel with a variety of backgrounds and histories in math that may have included previous work in algebra, precalculus, or calculus. Success in Bethel’s Precalculus and Calculus 1 ...

Placement, Learning and Understanding Mathematics (PLUM) is a program designed to help entering students determine which first-year mathematics or statistics course is the right choice for them. The ...

Cassidy has asked 35 institutions about incoming students' math abilities, citing a "crisis" in K-12 math education.

DePauw awards credit for a number of advanced placement and dual enrollment programs, including College Board AP, International Baccalaureate (IB), dual enrollment, advanced college, and A Levels.