[Boatanchors] Math?

[Jim Wilhite]

Will send you an answer direct Sheldon.  It seems as if some are a 
bit crotchety here.

Jim/W5JO

----- Original Message ----- 

> Thanks for the information.
>
> Is there a breakdown posted somewhere detailing statistics
> as this?
>
> With all due respect to the community college systems, and
> having been a student at one time in one, perhaps you are
> correct the number of students requiring remediation is
> overwhelming, but would that percentage also apply to the
> more traditional institutions of higher education?
> I could be wrong, but I can't imagine the overwhelming
> number of freshmen at the top 25 schools in the US are
> requiring remediation training.
>
> What are the numbers of high school graduates who
> read at the 12th grade level, none of these are becoming
> doctors and scientists?  My point is that you may very
> well be correct in saying only 20% of HS grads
> read at the 9th grade level, which you probably mean to
> say that less than 20% of HS grads read at a higher level.
>
> I guess I never met a doctor or a scientist who could only
> read at a 9th grade level.
>
> Thanks,
>
> 73
> Sheldon