ABSTRACT
Supplemental Academic Instruction (SAI) guidelines were developed by Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) for higher education institutions, which were authorized to offer remedial courses, including four-year colleges. CCHE define SAI as co-requisite instruction in writing (English) or mathematics for students with limited academic deficiencies who are placed into college-level course work that is approved for statewide transfer. CCHE authorized several institutions to offer SAI courses in Colorado. The chapter provides a basic understanding on the impact of math SAI as an alternative path to conventional math remediation. It describes the preliminary testing on the effectiveness of pilot math supplemental academic instruction courses in comparing conventional remedial course offered at four-year university, by measuring and comparing retention rate of students with math ACT scores falling in the same range while differing in path to meet the requirement of college-level algebra.
