Case Study: Arizona State University achieves higher College Algebra pass rates and 95.6% objective mastery with McGraw Hill's ALEKS

Arizona State University - Customer Case Study

Arizona State University (ASU) was seeing more students placed into its non-credit Freshman Enhanced Mathematics course and College Algebra pass rates stalled at about 60%, threatening progression and completion. To address this, ASU partnered with McGraw Hill and adopted its adaptive learning product ALEKS to provide individualized placement, remediation, and course personalization.

McGraw Hill’s ALEKS was implemented as the core of a redesigned, blended College Algebra course (using ALEKS PPL for placement, instructor monitoring, and proctored assessments), and ASU eliminated the separate Freshman Enhanced Math course. As a result, students achieved 95.6% mastery on completed objectives, overall College Algebra pass rates rose from ~62% (2015) to 67% (2016) and 74% (2017) — 79% when counting stretch-course completions — low-placement student pass rates jumped from 45% to 74% (while satisfactory-placement students rose to 84%), 670 more students passed in the first term (plus 280 via stretch), and students collectively saved over $1 million in tuition.

Arizona State University

Dale Johnson

Director