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Success Stories
For detailed learning outcomes, please view the documents below:
Instructors
"We are greatly impressed by our courses using ALEKS that allow students to complete two or more remedial mathematics courses in one semester. We are particularly pleased that last year, 67% of students participating in these courses returned for a second year of study compared with about 55% of students with similar backgrounds who did not participate in these courses. These courses would not be possible without ALEKS."
- Professor Eric Key, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Professor Carol Smith at CSU, Bakersfield ran a summer program for incoming freshmen in which ALEKS was used. This course met for three hours a day for nine class days before the semester began. After only 9 days of ALEKS use, 62% of the students improved their placement by one full course, and 18% by two or more full courses!
"I am very pleased with the results in my class this semester after using ALEKS. I found that for every 10 hours that the students put into ALEKS their final average increased by 2.2 percentage points. I have never had a semester with results this good."
- Professor T. Sexton, SUNY Suffolk, NY
Professor Sylvia Brown of Mountain Empire CC compared a unit test for her ALEKS group with a non-ALEKS group. The average score on the test for the ALEKS group was 11 percentage points higher than for the non-ALEKS group.
Students
"Your program was a tremendous help! After re-taking the Compass exam, I passed INTO College Algebra. This enabled me to avoid the Basic and Intermediate Algebra classes, save a year of my time and approximately $1,200 in expenses."
- R. Williams, Student
"I am a student at De Anza College. I used ALEKS last quarter. I went from getting D's to receiving an A+ on my final. I actually scored a 200/200 on the final! Thank you for your help!"
- Student, De Anza College, CA
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