Reply #8: Many TX HS grads end up in college remedial...

[rainbow4321]

classes. They would breeze thru the school system, get into college, and then they flunk the classes..forcing them into remedial classes.


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/092704dntexremedial.cbe30.html

September 26, 2004

HOUSTON – Nearly two-thirds of high school graduates enrolled at Houston-area community colleges aren't prepared for college and are taking remedial classes.

The problems in Houston are not much worse than they are statewide, where a report found that half the state's 2001 high school graduates needed remedial help in college. The problem is not limited to school districts with high poverty levels, such as Houston and Aldine. Students from wealthier districts such as Spring Branch and Katy are also taking remedial classes.

The report that showed that half the 2001 high school graduates needed remedial help in college was released this spring by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Percentages ranged from 62 percent in the Houston Independent School District to about 25 percent in the Katy Independent School District.


State education officials and local school districts say they are toughening graduation requirements to make sure students are ready for post-secondary schooling. This year's freshman class of Texas high school students is the first that must take Algebra II to graduate, which typically is a third-year math class.