‘Are We Doing It Right?’ Tool Guides Curriculum Implementation.

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‘Are we doing it right?’ Tool guides curriculum implementation.

By Kiran Purohit, Jennifer Kim, Liz Ramirez, Jennifer Wilson and Max Ray-Riek

Categories: Collaboration, Data, Educator evaluation, Evaluation & impact, Instructional materials/curriculum

June 2023

In New York City, as in many education systems, Algebra 1 is a gatekeeper course: Success in Algebra 1 helps students place out of remedial co-requisite courses if they enroll in the City University system, which includes almost half of students who attend high school in New York City. In spite of its importance, college readiness rates in math hover around 50% in New York City schools, effectively blocking students from higher-level math courses and college math. Recognizing this pattern, New Visions for Public Schools is in the third year of supporting a network of 18 New York City public schools to address uneven student success in Algebra 1. One of the ways New Visions is helping schools achieve greater equity in algebra is by

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