the worlds of high school and postsecondary education, especially with regard to mathematics, may seem ligth-years apart. how often do high school teachers and higher education faculty talk with each other about content knowledge or their expectation of student? How often do they communicate about articulation between their programs? How much do high school teachers know about the college entrance exams or placement tests used by career and technical guides for student indicate that a wide range of careers in health care, manufacturing, finance, construction, and others recommend a year of mathematics beyond the level of second-year algebra.