At UC San Diego, one out of every eight incoming freshman do not meet middle school math standards

The Fall 2023 math skills assessment described at the end of the report specifically tested elementary and middle school math, but I don’t know whether this is part of the current math assessment.

the Mathematics Department designed and administered a skills assessment test to carefully identify where the students had the most knowledge gaps in elementary and middle school material. The assessment test was designed by the core group of permanent ladder and teaching math faculty who are both subject matter experts and pedagogy experts in mathematics education. The test was designed to carefully follow the California Common Core State Standards in Mathematics, and consisted of 30 questions that covered mathematics topics that are required to be taught in grades 1-8 in all California public elementary and middle schools.

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