October 2, 2025 - Saran Tugsjargal found herself wondering who would stand up for students like her. Little did she know that she would become that person. Imagine you’re 16. You’ve just passed your ...

Mathematics plays a central role in winnowing opportunities for students to enter and succeed in college. In California, students can graduate from high school with just two years of math, including a ...

After researching how students are placed in remediation classes, I began to wonder how someone who already has a college degree would do on such a test. So I decided to take the Accuplacer. (Take ...

Quadratic functions are something Round Lake High School seniors have learned before, but in preparation for college math placement tests, Craig Schrader’s applied math class has been going through ...

Computer technology in Orland Park-based Consolidated High School District 230 is about to make inroads into what previously had been one of the few remaining domains of paper and pencils–the ...

During 2017-18 school year, about 3,000 SRJC students were placed in remedial English classes, and 4,200 in remedial math classes. Thousands more Santa Rosa Junior College students now are eligible to ...

PORT ANGELES — Computerized placement tests will be available for students beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday in Room 134 in Building M of Peninsula College. The test, called a COMPASS test, takes about ...

All students are required to take at least two writing courses and at least one math course to graduate from UAB. To measure your mastery of a particular subject and determine which courses offer you ...

GRANITE FALLS — Eric and Andrea Cahan, husband and wife, can’t help talking about education over the dinner table. Eric is the principal at Granite Falls High School; Andrea, a math instructor, works ...

The pandemic has spurred more community colleges to experiment with additional measures for determining placement into college-level math and English courses other than a single standardized placement ...