ERIC Number: ED672232
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Mar
Pages: 30
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Ahead of the Game? Course-Taking Patterns under a Math Pathways Reform. EdWorkingPaper No. 23-734
Elizabeth Huffaker; Sarah Novicoff; Thomas S. Dee
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
A controversial, equity-focused mathematics reform in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) featured delaying Algebra I until ninth grade for all students. This descriptive study examines student-level longitudinal data on mathematics course-taking across successive cohorts of SFUSD students who spanned the reform's implementation. We observe large changes in ninth and tenth grades (e.g., delaying Algebra I and Geometry). Participation in Advanced Placement (AP) math initially fell 15% (6 pp.) driven by declines in AP Calculus and among Asian/Pacific-Islander students. However, growing participation in acceleration options attenuated these reductions. Large ethnoracial gaps in advanced math course-taking remained.
Descriptors: Educational Change, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Algebra, Geometry, High School Students, Grade 9, Grade 10, Advanced Placement, Calculus, Student Characteristics, Race, Enrollment Trends
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Related Records: EJ1466273
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 9; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Grade 10
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: California (San Francisco)
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