Portability is an approach that is required in Illinois for all public high schools. It is a way to ensure fidelity of a transitional math implementation. This video explains the road to portability.

Transitional math courses provide high school seniors a new experience with math, allowing the student to increase their college readiness in math and gain placement. States and colleges provide placement in a variety of ways. It’s common to still require the use of a placement test or some kind of cumulative, common exit exam for the course.

We’re working through the nitty gritty of implementation, which is messy and hard. I have realized that I want to provide the intensive help I give to my clients to as many schools in the state as I could. But it’s time and budget intensive to hire a consultant to come in and work with your staff and solve your specific problems.

Research suggests that far more students are referred to developmental education courses than necessary, and that developmental education presents a barrier to students’ success. As a result, many in the field have called for reforms to developmental education to address these challenges.

Each high school must implement a transitional math course in at least one of the available pathways (STEM, non-STEM, or technical math) using the required statewide policies and competencies.