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Friday, February 15, 1991 / University Daily Kansan
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Test gauges math level of high school students
By Sarah Davis
Kansan staff writer
Kansas high school students are being encouraged through a program
The program, Regents Early Mathematics Testing, was tested last year at Lawrence High School and 11 other schools to determine where juniors stood in the area of math.
Jack Porter, director of the program, said he had noticed that a high number of incoming freshmen were required remedial math course. Math 002
Lawrence High School was chosen as the first school to participate in the program because of its location. "We needed instant feedback."
"We needed instant feedback," Porter said.
Ray Wilbur, chairperson of the math department at Lawrence High, said he thought the program was laid out well.
"I'm really sold on the program," he said. "It drives home the point that if (Lawrence High School students) are going to be at a certain level, they'll need to take more math classes."
The program's hour-long, multiple-choice test is designed to tell high school juniors exactly what math skills are needed, or based on their current skill level
High school students also select one of the seven Regents schools, as shown in Figure 4-1.
that information, the test suggests the next two or three math courses they would need to prepare for.
Porter said that because the state of Kansas required only two years of math in high school to graduate, he prepared them when they began college.
He said high schools seemed to be interested in the program.
"This test will hopefully motivate students to take math in their senior year," Porter said.
KU financed the program during its first year. This year the Regents are asking for state financing.
If this occurs, all state high schools will be invited to participate in it. Porter estimated that 200 to 250 of 300 high schools would show interest
Last year the program started with 12 schools, and by the end of the year it had increased to 23. This year, the number has risen to 108 schools, with all seven Regents schools participating.
Sherry Slade, a counselor who helped supervise the testing, said math was an essential area of education.
Lawrence High School offered the test in January so students could get the results before enrollment next week.
"I encourage all my students to tae math all the way through," she said.
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