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AT-RISK STUDENTS they are embarrassed to ask, notes for secondary
instruction. But the A Framework for Success Terese Jurgensen, program
coordina- curriculum didn't meet students' Sof t wa re is not a miracle
worker, says tor Quest High School, an alternative needs; most students in
the pre-alge- school in North Branch, Mich. bra track failed the graduation
exam Raylene Truxton of Aldine Tex. Inde- typically taken in the sophomore
pendent School District. Districts that M Most online credit recovery pro-
year. Only 5 percent of students in want to rewrite the algebra story for g
ra ms individualize instruction by the pre-algebra track passed the math
at-risk students should address the issue pre-testing kids on algebraic
con- section of the exam in 2002. That's from all angles: teachers,
administrators, cept s, funneling them back to les- when the lightbulb
went on. If stu- students and software. sons to review missing concepts
and dent s enter ninth grade behind, the I n s t r uc tor s : bypassing
concepts they understand. solution isn't to slow them down or
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