{"id":3,"date":"2025-05-20T13:54:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/sample-page\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T14:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T19:54:20","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"UW System Math Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfct-build-3\" class=\"cfct-build grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-4 cfct-block\"><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 cfct-block\"><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 cfct-block\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><p>UW universities continue to implement strategies promoted through the Math Initiative, which are described below. Each institution also participates in the Math Steering Committee, which is now co-chaired by Kevin McLeod of UW-Milwaukee and Alex Smith of UW-Eau Claire.<\/p>\n<p>Work in 2022-2023 included development and distribution of a joint statement on <span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/download\/College-Readiness-in-Mathematics-Statement-9.6.22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>College Readiness in Mathematics<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n developed by UW, Wisconsin Technical College System representatives, and two Wisconsin mathematics professional organizations, and informational sessions with the College Board on AP Precalculus (new AP course for 2023-24) and the UW Center for Placement Testing.<\/p>\n<p>Find members of the Project Team, Math Steering Committee, and Joint College Readiness in Mathematics Statement Committee members in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/contact-us\/\">About Us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For information, please contact Sandra Kallio at <a href=\"mailto:sandra.kallio@wisconsin.edu\">sandra.kallio@wisconsin.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-callout\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content callout standard grey-bg\">\n    <h3 class=\"cfct-mod-title\">Priorities 2017-2021<\/h3><ul>\n<li><strong><b>Increase enrollment rates in a math course in the student\u2019s first year.<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduce the number of students placed into developmental math courses.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Improve the success of students in developmental math courses.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Improve the success of students in their first credit bearing math courses.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ensure transferability of gateway math courses within UW System.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-callout\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content callout standard grey-bg\">\n    <h3 class=\"cfct-mod-title\">Strategies 2017-2021<\/h3><ul>\n<li><strong>Implement common cut score for math placement<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Make data-driven decisions on multiple measures for math placement and early enrollment in gateway math<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Create or expand bridge programs, math pathways and co-requisite courses<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Implement evidence-based student success strategies, such as active learning, growth mindset, building community and increasing student engagement<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Develop gateway math common course descriptions and learning outcomes to support seamless transfer among UW System institutions as well as other Wisconsin higher education institutions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-callout\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content callout standard grey-bg\">\n    <h3 class=\"cfct-mod-title\">UW System Gateway Math Courses<\/h3><p>The University of Wisconsin System Math Steering Committee representing all 13 institutions developed, vetted and finalized course descriptions and learning outcomes for the most common gateway mathematics courses\/course sequences in the system and developed a document to guide implementation of co-requisites for gateway math:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/download\/Math-Initiative-CA-Description-and-LO-with-Pre-Req-9.20.18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">College Algebra<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/download\/Math-Initiative-QR-Description-and-LO-9.20.18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Quantitative Reasoning<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/download\/Math-Initiative-Stats-Description-and-LO-9.20.18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Statistics<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/download\/ECMC-LOwithGuidelines-Endorsed-1.28.21-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Early Childhood \/ Elementary &amp; Middle School Mathematics Learning Outcomes<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/download\/MS-LOs-with-Guidlines-Endorsed-1.28.21-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Recommendations for Additional Middle School Mathematics Learning Outcomes<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/download\/UW-fundamental-features_1.10.20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Fundamental Features of Co-requisite Developmental Math<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UW System Math Initiative representatives since have been sharing the course descriptions and learning outcomes with Wisconsin educational partners, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wisconsin Technical College System<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin Mathematics Council<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin section of the Mathematics Association of America<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin PK-12 education administrators and high school mathematics instructors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Outreach to secondary education also has included venues, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wisconsin School Counselor Association<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)<\/li>\n<li>Curriculum and instruction Cooperative Educational Service Agency district representatives<\/li>\n<li>UW-Madison Professional Learning and Community Engagement College Readiness in Math Symposium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-7 cfct-block\"><\/div><div class=\"col-md-5 cfct-block\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cfct-can-haz-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3745,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/3745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/math-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}