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Using Practice Test in Assessment of Teacher Preparation Program

Jerzy Mogilski, Jorge E. Navarro, Zhong L. Xu [1]

University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

Appendix C:  Benchmark Results Grouped by Mathematics Courses

BENCHMARK RESULTS BY MATH COURSES

MATH Courses

Academic year

5-year average

97/98

98/99

99/00

00/01

01/02

MATH 1314

COLLEGE ALGEBRA

52%

63%

66%

67%

65%

63%

MATH 1316

TRIGONOMETRY

44%

59%

67%

63%

55%

58%

MATH 1348

ANALYTIC GEOMETRY

54%

65%

67%

68%

67%

64%

MATH 1412

PRE-CALCULUS

52%

62%

64%

64%

64%

62%

MATH 2313

CALCULUS I

27%

40%

36%

35%

40%

37%

MATH 2314

CALCULUS II

41%

52%

51%

52%

55%

50%

MATH 2318

LINEAR ALGEBRA

62%

74%

74%

80%

77%

73%

MATH 2342

ELEMENTARY STATISTICS

52%

59%

62%

66%

64%

60%

MATH 3302

VECTOR ANALYSIS

51%

56%

71%

72%

59%

61%

MATH 3303

HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

MATH 3304

GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES

52%

63%

63%

68%

64%

62%

MATH 3305

EUCLIDEAN AND TRANSF. GEOMETRY

52%

61%

66%

68%

63%

62%

MATH 3337

APPLIED STATISTICS

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

MATH 3347

CALCULUS III

27%

40%

36%

35%

40%

37%

MATH 3349

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

MATH 3373

DISCRETE STRUCTURES

48%

60%

62%

66%

58%

59%

MATH 4302

THEORY OF NUMBERS

59%

63%

68%

70%

61%

64%

MATH 4339

PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

MATH 4340

MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS

47%

57%

60%

64%

56%

57%

MATH 4348

ADVANCED LINEAR ALGEBRA

62%

64%

67%

69%

79%

67%

MATH 4351

MODERN ALGEBRA

58%

63%

64%

70%

62%

63%

MATH 4357

REAL ANALYSIS

58%

63%

64%

70%

62%

63%

MATH 4364

SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICS

54%

61%

63%

65%

63%

61%

MATH 4371

MULTIVARIABLE ANALYSIS

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

MATH 4379

SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS

54%

64%

58%

58%

66%

61%

[1] This study was partially supported by the UTB Research Enhancement Grant and the NASA Minority University Mathematics, Science & Technology Awards for Teacher Education Program