加州大学新生入门数学不及格率五年近翻倍：UCLA升至10.7%，是否恢复SAT、ACT再成焦点
加州大学董事会（UC Board of Regents）学术与学生事务委员会公布的数据显示，加州大学（University of California）一年级新生在入门数学课中得 D、F、退课或未通过的比例，五年间接近翻倍。据加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）校报《Daily Bruin》10 月 22 日报道，UCLA 新生在最低层级的微积分、预科微积分与预备数学课程中出现上述结果的比例，从 2020-21 学年的 6.2% 升至 2025-26 学年的 10.7%；加州大学全系统同期从 13% 升至 18%。同一时期，一年级其他课程（包括 STEM 理工课程）的成绩保持稳定。
这些入门数学课在选课量中占比不大：2025-26 学年占 UCLA 一年级低年级选课量的 4.3%，占全系统约 5%。与此同时，入学学生的其他指标持续走高：2025 年入学者中高中 GPA 达 4.00 以上者占 66%，高于 2015 年的 52%；一年级留存率在 2025 年达到 93%，创历史新高。委员会在报告中写道：「按常规指标衡量，入学学生的学业依然强劲；但这些指标掩盖了入门数学面临的挑战。」（"By conventional measures, incoming students remain academically strong. These indicators obscure challenges in introductory mathematics."）
这组数据公布之际，加州大学学术评议会（Academic Senate）正在评估是否建议董事会恢复一年级本科招生的标准化考试要求，最终建议将于 2027 年 6 月前作出。加州大学自 2020 年起在招生中不再采用 SAT、ACT 成绩。今年 5 月，逾 2,300 名 STEM 教师联名致信，敦促校方重新考虑免试政策，称学生数学准备不足；6 月，社会科学与人文学科教师另行致信，要求考虑恢复标准化考试中的语言推理部分。
UC First-Year Introductory Math Failure Rates Nearly Double in Five Years: UCLA Reaches 10.7% as the SAT/ACT Debate Returns
Data released by the University of California Board of Regents' Academic and Student Affairs Committee show that the share of UC first-year students who received a D or F, withdrew, or did not pass introductory mathematics classes has nearly doubled in five years. According to UCLA's student newspaper, the Daily Bruin, reporting on October 22, the figure at UCLA for the lowest-level calculus, precalculus and preparatory mathematics classes rose from 6.2% in the 2020-21 school year to 10.7% in 2025-26; across the UC system it rose from 13% to 18% over the same period. Grades in other first-year courses, including STEM courses, remained stable during that time.
Introductory math courses are a small share of enrolment: 4.3% of UCLA first-year lower-division course enrolment in 2025-26, and about 5% across the system. Other measures of incoming students have kept rising: 66% of students who enrolled in 2025 had a high school GPA of 4.00 or higher, up from 52% in 2015, and first-year retention reached a record 93% in 2025. "By conventional measures, incoming students remain academically strong," the committee said in its report. "These indicators obscure challenges in introductory mathematics."
The data arrive as the UC Academic Senate weighs whether to recommend that the regents reinstate standardized testing requirements for first-year undergraduate admissions; its final recommendation is due by June 2027. The University of California has not used SAT or ACT scores in admissions since 2020. In May, more than 2,300 STEM faculty signed a letter urging the university to reconsider its test-free policy, saying students lack math readiness; in June, social sciences and humanities faculty signed a separate letter asking the UC to consider restoring the verbal reasoning components of standardized tests.
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