Lack of Tech Savvy Holding Back Developmental Ed Efforts
Lack of Tech Savvy Holding Back Developmental Ed Efforts
Video: Looking Ahead to the Culmination of CAPR Research in 2019
In this video, CAPR Director Thomas Bailey discusses what we can expect from CAPR in the coming months and how it connects to the larger community college reform movement.
Anticipating and Addressing Challenges Related to Technology in Developmental Education
Rebecca Natow, Vikash Reddy, and Markeisha Grant provide a window into the findings from their recent CAPR working paper, How and Why Higher Education Institutions Use Technology in Developmental Education Programming. They describe the types of technology institutions use in developmental education, common challenges they encounter, and recommendations for improving the use of technology.
Video: Reforming Math Pathways at California’s Community Colleges
This video includes a presentation by Olga Rodríguez of the Public Policy Institute of California, followed by a panel discussion featuring Nikki Edgecombe (CAPR and CCRC), Laura Metune (California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office), and Myra Snell (California Acceleration Project).
CAPR Link Roundup: Reform from East to West and in Between
With colleges around the country experimenting with reforms to developmental education, researchers are partnering with them to measure the effect of the changes. Today, we're rounding up some recent studies of developmental ed reforms, including Florida’s dramatic overhaul from 2013, California’s growing movement to reform placement and developmental pathways, and Virginia and North Carolina’s efforts to combine developmental reading and writing into one literacy-reinforcing discipline.
2017 Developmental Education State Legislative Action Update
Erin Whinnery, a policy researcher for Education Commission of the States, reviews recent state legislative action regarding developmental education in three broad areas: delivery and governance, accountability and reporting, and financing and affordability.
Video: The Intersection of Policy, Research, and Practice
A video from CAPR's 2017 annual meeting features interviews with Christopher Mullin, executive vice chancellor of the Division of Florida Colleges; Belinda Miles, president of Westchester Community College, and Thomas Bailey, director of CAPR and CCRC.
Showing the Data: Multiple Studies of Dana Center Math Pathways (DCMP)
November 10, 2017 | American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) Annual Conference
Panelists presented four studies of the Dana Center Math Pathways (DCMP) initiative.
Using Evidence to Refine STEM Initiatives: Lessons Learned From the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways
November 2–4, 2017 | American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) 2017 Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference
This poster highlighted the successes and challenges of implementing classroom, institutional, and state policy reforms to support the development of multiple math pathways, drawing on CAPR's research on the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways (DCMP).
Making Math Count: Building Accelerated Math Pathways and Early Findings on Their Impact on Students’ Success
October 11, 2017 | Strengthening Student Success Conference
In this session, representatives from the Charles A. Dana Center, MDRC, and the California Acceleration Project (CAP) discussed successes and challenges of implementing classroom, institutional, and state policy reforms to support the development of multiple math pathways.