1 in 8 freshman at UCSD don't have middle school math skills
2 days ago
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- #student-performance
- #math-decline
- Nearly one in eight freshmen at UC San Diego don't meet middle school math standards.
- Report shows significant drops in math, writing, and language skills among first-year students.
- Educators attribute the decline to lack of foundational skills in elementary school.
- Tutoring business owner highlights educational inequities due to lack of parental investment.
- Factors include COVID-19, elimination of standardized tests, grade inflation, and admissions from under-resourced schools.
- UC San Diego acknowledges the issue and commits to improving social mobility.
- Some students, like Jade Tanouye-Wiesner, are overcoming challenges through practice and persistence.