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Math Experts Question Wisdom of Calif. Algebra Rule
Even Standardistos think California's new algebra-for-eighth-graders rule is ill-advised. Other, more child-oriented people, find it abusive and loony.
By Sean Cavanagh
Business leaders from important sectors of the American economy have been urging schools to set higher standards in math and science—and California officials, in mandating that 8th graders be tested in introductory algebra, have responded with one of the highest such standards in the land.
Still, many California educators and school administrators are questioning how their state will meet the new requirement, given students’ persistent struggles in that subject and the potential demand it will generate for more math teachers and classroom resources.
Those concerns are also shared by some members of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, a White House-commissioned group that spent nearly two years examining strategies to prepare students for algebra. In interviews, four of the panelists, some of whom have disagreed with each other over approaches to math instruction, agreed in their view that the California requirement is a mistake. . .The rest of the article is available at Education Week.
— Sean Cavanagh
Education Week
2008-07-23
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/07/30/44algebra_ep.h27.html?tmp=1926784283
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