Even top Kentucky students falling short in college math skills
Frankfort -- Even students with the best grades are falling short in reaching Kentucky college readiness standards in math, according to a Kentucky Department of Education analysis of student performance between 2012 and 2016.
Students who earned an A in high school math had only a 75 percent chance of reaching the Council on Postsecondary Education’s math benchmark score of 19 on the ACT, a standardized test college admissions officers often use. Students earning a C have only a 25 percent chance of meeting the benchmark.
The analysis also found that black and low-income students have substantially lower chances of scoring proficient on state tests or meeting the math benchmark than their white or wealthier peers even if their grades were the same. Achieving the benchmark allows students to enter courses in college without taking remedial classes. In middle school, black students had a lower chance of achieving proficiency on state math tests than white counterparts even when they earned the same average grade.
Kentucky Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt released the details of the study Wednesday in his annual “State of P-12 Education” in Kentucky address.
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