Mathematics Education

BOARS COmmittee Minutes, July 17, 2023 Minutes

The BOARS Committee Area C Concerns (Mathematics) in UC Admissions. 400/250,000 applicants for 0.16% listed a Data Science or Statistics course absent an Algebra 2 course. The concern is the growth over the number of Data Science Courses offered in K-12 since 2020.

BOARS Vote 9-1-0

Following the unanimous BOARS 7/7/23 decision, and reaffirming long-standing policy (Senate Regulations 424 and 428), data science courses currently approved in the Statisticcs or Other Advanced Math category no longer validate or substitute for Algebra II. This further motion is to make clear that exceptions can be made for courses that have as a prerequisite mastery of Algebra II content. High school students who took data science courses in academic years 2022- 2023 or 2023-2024, under the guidance that these courses validated Algebra II, are exempted from the Area C advanced algebra requirement.

Academic Preparation and Education Programs Committee (CSU Systemwide Committee) This CSU Statewide Committee approved this resolution in a July 23 Vote on CSU Admissions. I have provided a quote and a summary of this resolution.

A summary of the resolution in this document says such coursework “does not actually meet the [state standards] and does not prepare students”)

The CSU are concerned that the UC Area C for Math is not actually meet the common core standards and does not prepare students. Jan 19, 2023.

Stanford Professor Controversy

A controversy over the California Mathematics Framework that was adopted in 11/2023. You can read about the concerns of the recently adopted CMF and one of the authors of the framework, Stanford University Professor. This is all alleged, so you must consider this aspect while you read this article.

UC Berkley and Data Science

Berkley offers free curriculum in which various Community Colleges are adopting at their campuses. Here is an LA Times Article on the subject.