"States and districts have proposed a host of different solutions to improve Algebra 1 enrollment and pass rates—accelerating all students into the class in 8th grade, requiring all students to wait until 9th grade, and offering a double dose math of periods, among others. The report signals that instructional choices are just as important as these policy decisions, said Elizabeth Huffaker, an assistant professor of education at the University of Florida, and the author of a recent brief on evidence-based policy approaches to improve Algebra 1 outcomes. “All of our policies kind of need to be downstream of some really core teaching and learning principles,” she said." The post A Subset of Math Skills Predicts Algebra 1 Success. What Are They? appeared first on EdResearch for Action .