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Is remedial education an issue in NH?

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Remedial education courses are offered to incoming college students who are not ready for college level English and math. 

Some policymakers are concerned that remedial courses are becoming too widespread, either because public schools are failing, or possibly because colleges want to make a profit off of remedial education.

According to a 2016 report from the left-leaning Center for American Progress, 40% of incoming college students in New Hampshire enroll in remedial courses.  That matches the nationwide average.

Critics, however, argue that the Center for American Progress has inflated the statistics on remedial education as another argument in favor of the Common Core educational standards.  

That may be why Rep. Gregory Hill is sponsoring HB 180, a 2017 bill that would require New Hampshire colleges to gather specific data on remedial education and report it publicly. 

Legislators rejected a very similar bill in 2013 because it “would create a burden and a red-tape task for postsecondary schools and the department of education, to provide extraneous data that may not be useful due to information that is already available to secondary schools of education.” 

Do you think New Hampshire government should focus on reforming remedial education?  Share your thoughts in the comments.

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