LA GRANGE, IL – An allegation that the College of DuPage is breaking state law in putting certain students in remedial math is “troubling,” a Lyons Township High School official said this week.
At a school board meeting, member Michael Thomas said he has seen the college place students who got a C or better in College Algebra in remedial math.
He said the college was “very reliant” on ALEKS test scores in placing students in math.
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“They don’t care whether or not you took college algebra here,” Thomas said.
Scott Eggerding, the school’s curriculum director, said such an allegation was frustrating. He said state law requires a public college to allow students to take credit-bearing math courses if they got a C or better in College Algebra.
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“That’s really troubling because it’s state law,” Eggerding said. “I know they are overly dependent on that ALEKS score.”
He continued, “They don’t agree with the law, but this is what it says, this is what we’re supposed to do.”
The main reason for the law, Eggerding said, was the low graduation rate at community colleges. Students were being required to take remedial math when they had already shown their math abilities in high school, he said.
Member Kari Dillon added, “That’s costing our students money and time.”
Eggerding said he would call the college the next day about the allegation.
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Patch left messages for comment with Eggerding and the College of DuPage on Friday morning.
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