This template supports discussion among task force members to brainstorm and evaluate potential solutions to the challenges previously identified in the Defining the Challenges template.
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This template helps translate the task force’s proposed solutions into formal recommendations by helping the authors communicate concise information to describe the solution, explain the importance of the solution in improving student success, and identify who is responsible for taking action.
From 2015-2018, Michigan was one of six states engaged in the Dana Center's Mathematics Pathways to Completion project. As a decentralized higher education system, this brief describes the ways diverse stakeholders across Michigan have come together as a “coalition of the willing” to implement and strengthen mathematics pathways. Additionally, lessons are presented from Michigan's efforts to implement and scale math pathways that should be helpful to higher education institutions, associations, and systems in other states that want to make mathematics a tool for—rather than an obstacle to—student success.
The Mathematical Association of America MAA's Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM) issued this guide to build upon prior years' Guides recommendations with particular emphasis on the entire college-level mathematics curriculum for all students. CUPM 2004 is based on six fundamental recommendations for math departments, programs, and all courses in the mathematical sciences.
The report describes the purpose of the College Prep Mathematics Course (CPMC) project which is to support districts in teaching a College Prep Mathematics course aligned to the student learning objectives outlined in the Texas Association of Community College’s Texas Success Center’s Framework for the course. The Dana Center will facilitate collaboration among school districts and institutions of higher education in Texas to implement the course and monitor its impact.
The California Acceleration Project A report on the 2011-2012 implementation of the California Acceleration Project (CAP) in sixteen colleges within the California Community College System. This report provides an evaluation of the work on the English and math pathways, a look into variation of institutional implementation, explores acceleration facets, such as placement and evidence that acceleration reduces the achievement gap for students of all backgrounds.
In this video Alisha Saulter from Lone Star College–Kingwood talks about her experience as a student in math courses aligned with the DCMP Model and how this new coursework has helped math become clear to her. (1:08)
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching This report provides descriptive statistics on 2012-2013 student outcomes as well as insights into the challenges and improvements in the second year's implementation of the Community College Pathways (CCP) program. The information presented in the report fuels the growing body of evidence for the CCP program's ability to reliably generate positive results at scale.