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The current project, Exploring Math Education Relations by Analyzing Large Data Sets (EMERALDS) II, is an attempt to identify specific Common Core State Standards procedural, conceptual, and problem-solving competencies in earlier grades that best predict success in algebraic areas in later grades. The data for this study include two cohorts of California students with Smarter Balance (SB) mathematics scores. SB items were clustered based on a priori defined prealgebra knowledge domains and algebra content areas. Two approaches were then used to characterize student performance for several of these competencies: item residuals and factor scores. These performance indices were subsequently used in a series of regression models to examine the relationships between prealgebra competencies and later algebra outcomes. The findings from this study have implications for the use of the SB assessment for monitoring students' readiness for high school algebra and highlight areas that might be particularly important for success in this core mathematics domain. This report also provides direction for future studies.

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert