Californians are woefully deficient in vital math skills. The state is recommending a new math curriculum, but will it help?
Bridgette Donald-Blue helps her student solve a mathematical question inside her classroom at Coliseum Street Elementary in Los Angeles on Feb. 28, 2023. Pablo Unzueta for CalMattersStudies and tests consistently demonstrate that Californians – both students and adults – are woefully deficient in vital math skills.
They tend, however, to gloss over or ignore indications that California is falling short in some very important indices of societal achievement, such as public education. test results, released last fall, revealed that California’s fourth- and eighth-graders were once again in the bottom tier of states in reading and math.
“Only 35% of low-income students met state standards in ELA and 21% were proficient in math,” PPIC reported, “compared to 65% of higher-income students in ELA and 51% in math.”
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