How Many Students Really Need Remediation

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An article on the NewsOK.com website today stated that 40 percent of all Oklahoma high school graduates who attended college required at least one remedial course. The article goes on to state:

Of those Oklahoma students who took at least one remedial class, 90 percent took a math course, 41 percent took an English course and 24 percent took a reading course, according to data from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Only 3 percent enrolled in a remedial science course. [emphasis is mine]

However, I'm not sure where they're getting their numbers.

A graphic produced by the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education shows that as of 2012, less than 20 percent of college-bound high school graduates require remediation in English and only 10 percent in reading.

See below:

College Remediation RatesAm I missing something, or are they?

 

Related topics: Student Success

About the author 

Michelle Boyd Waters, M.Ed.

Michelle Boyd Waters is the founder of reThink ELA, where she creates research-informed resources that help middle and high school English teachers build stronger communities of readers and writers. After teaching secondary English for 10 years, Michelle has continued working alongside educators and students as a university composition instructor, writing center director, teacher consultant for the Oklahoma Writing Project, and mentor to new teachers. Her work brings together classroom experience, literacy research, and writing center pedagogy to create practical resources that support authentic reading, meaningful writing, and student voice. Through reThink ELA, she helps teachers create classrooms where both students and educators can thrive.

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