SAN FRANCISCO – Too many of California’s best high-school students need remedial math and English. The state must undertake deep reforms if students are to be better prepared for higher education and the workplace, according to Not College Material: How We Can Better Prepare California’s Students for College, a policy briefing from the Pacific Research Institute. “Nearly half of incoming students in the Cal State system, more than 48 percent, need remedial English and more than 35 percent need remedial math,” said author Matt Cox.

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