Before expanded options, only 13% of CPS freshmen who failed spring Algebra I recovered the credit over the summer¶

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q2 i? In 2009-10, only 13% of CPS freshmen who failed their spring semester of Algebra I recovered the course credit over the summer. → Rickles 2016

Evidence¶

Rickles 2016¶

Rickles, J., Heppen, J., Taylor, S., Allensworth, E., Michelman, V., Sorensen, N., Walters, K., & Clements, P. (2016). Getting Back on Track: Who Needs to Recover Algebra Credit After Ninth Grade? (Research Brief 3). American Institutes for Research & University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://www.air.org/CreditRecovery

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District-level descriptive statistic from CPS administrative records for the year before the Back on Track Study started, cited to motivate whether online credit recovery could promote recovery more than traditional face-to-face summer classes.

"However, the rate of recovery the summer after failing the course is typically low. For example, during the year before the study started (2009–10), only 13% of CPS freshmen who failed their spring semester of Algebra I recovered the course credit over the summer."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Most students needing Algebra I credit recovery failed multiple ninth-grade courses and few were on track to graduate — related
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• Ninth graders who fail Algebra I are demographically similar to those who pass, but are more likely to be male and African American — related
• Students who fail Algebra I more often enter ninth grade with preexisting math and reading deficits, though many enter with average or higher achievement — related