Remediation is much easier if you do it before students fail the CAHSEE the first time. Research shows that a student’s confidence level drops dramatically if they fail the first time. The result is that these students give up too quickly when challenging questions are encountered on subsequent exams. The solution is pro-active remediation so students will pass the first time, increasing both overall first time pass rate and AYP scores.

English Learners seize difficult concepts faster if they first receive audio based instruction on the concepts in Spanish and then immediately practice using their new knowledge in English. The key is to provide identical instruction in both Spanish and English so students can check their understanding in both languages. However, understanding is not enough, these students must practice applying the knowledge on several different days to ensure long term material retention.

No matter how good instruction is, research shows that students will forget most of what was studied within two weeks. The only solution to this problem of forgetting is a personalized study approach that locks information into long term memory. To achieve this, any CAHSEE study approach must reinforce learned information by scheduling short study sessions on several different days each week, and encouraging repeated self evaluations. This simple study approach can accommodate English Learners and Special Education students as well. Research shows that this type of study approach can increase a student’s material retention by 300% or more.