TESC does not accept ALEKS Beginning Algebra.

[BrandeX]

Ok, I didn't try the beginning level on ALEKS, just Pre-Calc (which is pretty hard too, as I am also seriously math deficient)

I assume the "Asian" comment is because I'm not currently sitting at home in the states writing this, as per my location listed under my id. What the Asians are doing is not directly relevant to the mathematics education issues in the states. The U.S is so far behind many other industrialized nations (and many non-industrialized nations now) that a lot of workers for technical jobs have to be recruited from abroad. I finally watched "Waiting for Superman" a couple of days ago, and there was some interesting commentary on this.

Some other related articles:
1987
U.S. PUPILS LAG IN MATH ABILITY, 3 STUDIES FIND - NYTimes.com
2003
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0923110.html
2007
U.S. Teens Trail Peers Around World on Math-Science Test - washingtonpost.com


Anyway, getting a bit off topic here, it's not too relevant whether or not I personally agree with TESC and not ACE, as I'm not in the TESC administration