K-12 Student Learning as an Outcome of CSU Teacher Education:
Recent Findings on Mathematics Learning in Grades 7-11
Dr. Beverly Young
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs
California State University
June 2012
K-12 Student Learning as an Outcome of CSU Teacher Education:
Recent Findings on Mathematics Learning in Grades 7-11
• In urban secondary schools, students learn mathematics more effectively
from CSU new teachers than from non-CSU new teachers.
• In grades 7-11, CSU preparation is more effective when urban students study
mathematics, algebra, geometry and calculus.
• Urban students learn mathematics more effectively from former CSU student
teachers than they do from former CSU intern teachers.
• The likelihood that these results were due to differences in the quality of
preparation (and not due to sampling errors) is greater than 95% (p=.04).
• For urban students, the advantages of having a CSU math teacher who
experienced student teaching were greater than the advantages of -family income
parent education
class size
teacher experience