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Provenance: Eli Maynard
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In an American culture that suggests that some people are "just no good at math," it's easy to forget that an understanding of mathematics is an essential gateway to college completion and to achievement in science, technology and engineering. Yet, many students enter college poorly prepared in mathematics. Consider that:

• When incoming community college students are tested for their mastery of math, 60-70 percent of them are assigned to developmental mathematics courses.
• Beyond that, only 5 percent of students actually pass developmental mathematics courses.
• And 80 percent of the students who place into developmental mathematics do not complete any college-level course within three years.

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