It is PATHETIC!!!! What the hell are high schools doing??? It is obvious
what they are NOT doing!!!
Abe Mantell
Mathematics Department
Nassau Community College
Garden City, NY 11530-6793
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> I'm interested in hearing if you are finding that students right out of high
> school and coming to the community college are unprepared to tackle college
> level math courses. Many of these students report that they have taken 3 or
> 4 years of high school math, receiving B's or C's in these classes. Yet they
> take the COMPASS placement test and receive scores that place them in the
> lowest developmental class that we offer. Are you finding the same thing?
> I'm interested in your responses.
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