Spotlight
Media Mentions
Why Do So Many Students Believe They Are Just Not Cut Out for Math?, Atlanta Journal Constitution, November 2018
This Week in California Education, EdSource podcast interview, August 2017
What CSU’s Bold Plan to Eliminate Remedial Classes Needs to Work, San Diego Union Tribune, August 2017
Cal State Drops Intermediate Algebra as Requirement to Take Some College-Level Classes, EdSource, August 2017
CSU Takes Algebra Out of the Equation for Non-Math and Science Majors, Adolfo Guzman, Southern California Public Radio, July 2017
Cal State to End Placement Exams, Inside Higher Education, June 2017
The Politics of Math: Is Algebra Necessary to Obtain a College Degree?, Los Angeles Times, June 2016
Getting Rid of Placement Exams, The Atlantic, March 2016
Gov. Brown Proposes Competition to Create New High School Math Course, EdSource, February 2016
Students Can Satisfy College Math Requirements While in High School, EdSource, December 2015
Three Steps to Improve Course Placement, Education Dive, April 2015
Math Wars, Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Education, April 2015
Faster Math Path, Paul Fain, Inside Higher Education, October 2013
Struggling for Students’ Readiness, New York Times/Texas Tribune, August 2012
Study on College Placement Exams Energizes Debate about Their Effectiveness, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, August 2012
The Problem with Community College Placement Tests, Community College Review, August 2012
How Valuable are College Placement Tests? Education Week, August 2012
Presentations
Beneath the Surface and Across the Systems: A policy analyst’s attempts to chart the mathematics pathways through California’s high schools, community colleges, and public universities
California Education Policy Fellowship Program, Guest Speaker, June 3, 2017
The Math Gateway: Differentiating Math Pathways and the Challenge of Intersegmental Alignment
Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative Workshop on Guided Pathways, Presenter, December 7, 2016
Quantitative Leap! Webinar 4: Seizing Twelfth Grade to Improve Math Readiness: Senior-Year Transition Courses
Organizer/Host, October 2016
Leveraging the Senior Year For Math Readiness
Panel Organizer/Facilitator, Strengthening Student Success Conference, October 2016
Quantitative Leap! Webinar 3: High School Math Course-Taking and College Readiness
Organizer/Host, September 2016
Quantitative Leap! Webinar 2: Improving the Targeting of Treatment:
Emerging Research Postsecondary Math Placement Policies
Organizer/Host, June 2016
Quantitative Leap! Webinar 1: A Gateway to College: Rethinking Postsecondary
Mathematics
Organizer/Host, May 2016
California Math Convening: Gateways to Access
Facilitator for U.S. Department of Education meeting, May 2016
California Math Readiness Challenge Discussion
Facilitator for Department of Finance/ PACE convening, April 2016
Quantitative Leap: How Math Policies Can Support Transitions To and Through College
PACE/ LearningWorks/ EdInsights Sacramento Convening, March 2016
Aligning Math Together
Facilitator for Workshops on Math Placement Challenges,
University of California Articulation Conferences, February & March 2016
Leveraging Common Core Tests for College Readiness
College Readiness: What Does it Mean for Higher Education, Education Writers’ Association panel, February 2016
Seizing the Opportunity: Quantitative Reasoning in the 21st Century
California State University Quantitative Reasoning Task Force, February 2016
Math Placement: The California Context
Testing and Beyond: Summit on the Future of College Math Placement, November 2015
Re-Thinking Math Readiness: The Challenge of Intersegmental Alignment
Marin Curriculum Alignment Project Kick-off Keynote Speaker, November 2015
Degrees of Freedom: Developmental Math Innovation and University Transfer
Strengthening Student Success Conference, October 2015
Degrees of Freedom: Diversification in Postsecondary math Requirements and the Challenge of Intersegmental Alignment
CUNY Central Office, June 2015
Degrees of Freedom: Implications of New Math Pathways
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, Higher Education Leads Meeting, June 2015
The Role of Policy in Improving Student Success
Los Angeles Community College District, Achieving the Dream Retreat, May 2015
Degrees of Freedom: Diversification in Postsecondary Math Requirements and the Challenge of Intersegmental Alignment
LearningWorks/PACE convening, May 2015
Moderator for Developmental Mathematics: For whom? Toward what ends?
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Critical Issues in Mathematics Education, March 2015
Re-Thinking College Readiness in Math: Community College Experiments and the Implications for Transfer
University of California, Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education, December 2014
Seeking Convergence, Accelerated Math Pathways and the Common Core
Strengthening Student Success Conference, October 2014
Changing Equations: How community Colleges Are Re-Thinking College Readiness in Math
Strengthening Student Success Conference, October 2013
Where to Begin? The Evolving Role of Placement Exams for Students Starting College
American Association of Community Colleges Annual Conference, April 2013
Where to Begin? The Evolving Role of Placement Exams for Students Starting College
Achieving the Dream Webinar, September 2012
Where to Begin? The Evolving Role of Placement Exams for Students Starting College
Strengthening Student Success Conference, October 2012
Where to Begin? The Evolving Role of Placement Exams for Students Starting College
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, Convocation on Developmental Education, September 2012