PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A new report says Rhode Island students are less likely to finish college - or even go to college at all - if they score low on the math section of a standardized test for 11th-graders.
The report by the state Department of Education and researchers for several organizations was released Monday. It was part of a larger effort that tracked more than 12,000 students who entered the eighth grade in 2005 and took the New England Common Assessment Program test as high school juniors.
Fewer than 42 percent of students who scored below proficient on the math test enrolled in college. Only 24 percent of students who scored below proficient were still in college after their freshman year.
School officials say they’re continuing efforts to boost students’ math proficiency.
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