Re: [MATHEDCC] failure rates

Peter Collinge (pcollinge@GEMINI.MTH.MONROECC.EDU)
Wed, 12 Mar 1997 11:18:13 EST5EDT4,M4.1.0,M10.5.0

Here at Monroe Community College, our "C or better" rates (% of all students
initially registered who earned a C or better) were as follows:

Elementary Algebra: 50.6%
Intermediate Algebra: 48.2%
College Algebra: 49.2%
Precalculus: 44.7%

Obviously, we aren't satisfied with these numbers and continue to experiment
with ways to improve them. But I must say that these rates have been relatively
stable despite all of our efforts.

On a slightly brighter note, we have somewhat better luck with students who
earned a C or better in our sequence and then continued on:

C or better rate in Intermediate Algebra after having a C or better
in Elementary Algebra: 59.4%

C or better rate in College Algebra after having a C or better
in Intermediate Algebra: 71.4%

C or better rate in Precalculus after having a C or better in College Algebra:
58.6%

Again, these numbers are nothing to brag about, but do not seem to be atypical.

Peter Collinge
Mathematics Department
E-mail: pcollinge@gemini.mth.monroecc.edu Monroe Community College
Voice: (716) 292-2943 Rochester, NY 14623
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