The Future of Algebra Requires Quantitative Reasoning

In New York, 70% of students who take the Regents exam get past it. That's less impressive when you realize that they only needed to get 32% of the questions correct in order to pass it. We know for a fact that at both the high school and the college level, failing classes is the biggest predictor or one of the biggest predictors of when someone's going to drop out, right? Failure to drive dropouts is a fact.