Math proficiency has an impact on student persistence in college
Only 60% of the remaining Level 1 students persisted to a third semester in college, while 83% of the math-proficient students did so.
By third semester, the start of the second year of college, high-school math proficiency appears to forecast success ever more decisively.
On every indicator, the data confirm that strong math skills predict students' academic success well into college.
DATA NOTE: This chart includes all students who persist in both public and private as well as in- and out-of-state higher education institutes. For the purposes of this report, only students who enrolled in consecutive terms are considered to have persisted.
