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Multiple Measures of Assessment Needed for College Readiness Post-Pandemic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the report, using HSGPA alone as a prediction for first-year GPAs fell dramatically in 2020 and 2021. In 2020 and 2021, a 2.5 We believe in multiple measurements. “Following the onset of COVID, the predictive power of the HSGPA has decreased.” Before the pandemic, in 2017, a student who had a 2.5

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School Closures Close the Door to Student Dreams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Between June 2004 and June 2020, almost 12,000 institutions of higher education closed their doors. Dr. Abiola Farinde-Wu, assistant professor of urban education, leadership, and policy studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. said Dr. Mikyung Ryu, director of research publications at the Clearinghouse.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

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Very few college leaders are talking about this right now, and most colleges and universities are not prepared to meet this wave. The cohort of students who were taking algebra during their first year of high school in 2020-2021 will begin entering college in Fall 2024. Replace math placement tests with a “multiple measures assessment.”

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

Very few college leaders are talking about this right now, and most colleges and universities are not prepared to meet this wave. The cohort of students who were taking algebra during their first year of high school in 2020-2021 will begin entering college in Fall 2024. Replace math placement tests with a “multiple measures assessment.”