About the ISQR Course
Integrated Statistics and Quantitative Reasoning (ISQR) can be offered as a 3rd or 4th year high school course to prepare students for both college and the workforce. This is achieved through the integration of statistical and quantitative reasoning taught in contexts that reflect the ways in which math and statistics are used in business, industry and research.
The Integrated Statistics and Quantitative Reasoning (ISQR) course is currently being developed through a collaboration of the Charles A. Dana Center, WestEd, and over thirty districts in twelve states.
ISQR Course Features
The course features hands-on projects, technology-driven investigations, and multiple opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning. It supports various communication and learning styles, ensuring accessibility for every learner.
ISQR empowers students to:
- See how mathematicians, statisticians, and data scientists tackle real-world problems
- Compare and understand different mathematical and statistical approaches
- Apply math concepts to meaningful, real-world challenges that matter to them
- Build skills for workforce applications and additional math courses like AP Statistics, high schooldata science, and college-level quantitative reasoning, statistics, and algebra
Sample Materials
In the Setting a Foundation lesson in ISQR, educators are given tools to help build a classroom experience that gets students in the right mindset for engagement. This lesson comes at the beginning of the course, and we encourage interested educators read through to understand the unique approach of this course. This sample includes instructor notes, scenarios, and student pages.
Stay Tuned
The course will be piloted in the 2026-2027 academic year and the course materials along with implementation resources will be published as open education resources in 2027.