Increasing Algebra I Proficiency Scores

Leadership Public School, a San Francisco Bay Area charter school, is beginning to close the achievement gap in 9th grade Algebra. With the creation of a math intervention class called Academic Numeracy and an interactive, online, standards-based program, student proficiency has consistently increased from 17% in 2007 to 58% in 2010. A former teacher, now a curriculum author for the program, will discuss her experience, share the school's website, and answer questions