Due to the low success of traditional, postsecondary remediation mathematics, The Maryland Mathematics Reform Initiative First in the World Grant (MMRI–FITW) sought to develop and implement a statistics pathway in 2- and 4-year institutions as an alternative to traditional algebra-based math, to accelerate developmental mathematics students’ progress into credit-bearing postsecondary mathematics courses. In this study, we use cost to students and cost to institutions to estimate the cost per student and assess the cost-effectiveness of MMRI–FITW statistics-based vs. traditional algebra-based approach to developmental mathematics education for increasing student enrollment in college credit-bearing mathematics. The results indicate participating in the MMRI–FITW statistics-based vs. traditional algebra-based approach reduces education costs by approximately 7 percent and is 36 percent more cost-effective for increasing student enrollment in college-credit mathematics. The article concludes with the implications of the cost-effectiveness results for scaling the MMRI–FITW statistics-based approach

由于传统的中学后修复数学的成功率很低，因此，马里兰州数学改革倡议（世界首创）（MMRI-FITW）寻求在2年制和4年制机构中开发和实施统计方法，以替代传统的代数运算法则。基于数学的课程，以加快发展数学学生进入有学分的中学数学课程的进程。在这项研究中，我们使用学生成本和机构成本来估算每位学生的成本，并评估基于MMRI–FITW统计方法与传统基于代数方法的发展数学教育方法的成本效果，以提高学生的大学入学率轴承数学。结果表明参加了基于MMRI–FITW统计的vs. 传统的基于代数的方法可将教育成本降低7％左右，并且对于增加大学学分数学的学生入学率的成本效益要高出36％。本文总结了成本效益结果对扩展基于MMRI–FITW统计方法的意义