Hawai'i
Hawai'i is a Launch Years Initiative state. In most Key Actions, they are at the Exploring or Installing stages, beginning to Implement in some areas.
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PK–20 Math Pipeline
Hawai'i is working across many areas, including building a PK–20 math collaborative to strengthen their state's math pipeline.
Governing authority: Hawai'i State Board of Education
State education agency: Hawai'i State Department of Education (HIDOE)
Chief state school officer: Superintendent of Education
Board of Regents of the University of Hawai'i
Hawai'i Math Policy Highlights
Explore Hawaiʻi policies and data shaping corequisite math, transfer, articulation, and postsecondary student success.
Makes transfer and general education credit more predictable across UH campuses.
See UH Executive Policy 5.209, Student Transfer and Inter-Campus Articulation. Comparable 100–499 courses transfer as baccalaureate-level credit, and systemwide articulation supports consistent transfer.
Hawai'i's community colleges move students quickly into college-level math.
See UHCC Policy 5.213, Time to Degree: Corequisite. UH community colleges use corequisite math models and require students in programs needing math to reach college-level math no later than 30 credits.
Tracks student math outcomes from public high school into the UH system.
See Hawaiʻi P-20’s Math Achievement Data Story. It follows public school students into the UH system and reports math preparation and postsecondary outcomes to inform policy and pathway improvement.
Launch Years Initiative
States across the country are building math pathways that align student goals, classroom learning, and career opportunities.
Revising Hawai'i State Standards
LYI states that are currently revising state standards to reflect modern math skills.
Cross-Sector Partnerships
of LYI states, as opposed to 63% of others, have cross-sector partnerships that regularly meet and produce state recommendations.