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Improving Math Outcomes
John Morton, UH vice president for community colleges, and Wesley Yuu, Hawai'i P-20 Partnerships for Education senior associate, presented Hawai'i’s efforts to improve students’ success in mathematics at the national meeting on math education, College Readiness for All.
In their presentation, Morton and Yuu discussed how the university and DOE have been working together to increase the rigor and improve the alignment of their respective math courses. In May, the DOE administered the Algebra II end of course exam in high schools statewide as a baseline pilot. University campuses also volunteered to administer the exam to student volunteers.
A Mathematics Summit was convened in October and math faculty from both the university and DOE shared information and brainstormed about possible ways to address K–16 math issues. In future meetings, the group will examine how the Algebra II end of course exam can be leveraged to upgrade high school Algebra I and II standards, improve the math course sequence between the DOE and the university, and identify implications for teacher training at the university.