CAPR Link Roundup: States Focus on Reform
Several states are considering major changes to dev ed. Find out what's on the legislative docket, get the latest findings on reforms in CUNY and Oregon community colleges, and more in our CAPR link roundup.
Improving Assessment and Placement at California’s Community Colleges
Olga Rodríguez, a research fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, describes how assessment and placement practices vary across the state's community colleges. This post is based on testimony given to the California State Senate Education Committee on April 19, 2017, on Senate Bill 319, which would require community colleges to inform incoming students about remediation policies and test preparation opportunities.
Same Course, Different Outcomes: The Mysterious Case of Computerized Developmental Math in Tennessee
Maggie Fay of CCRC discusses lessons learned from SAILS, a computer-mediated developmental math program implemented at high schools and community colleges in Tennessee.
Nevada Students Find Themselves in a State of Remediation
Nevada Students Find Themselves in a State of Remediation
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Moving to Multiple Measures
Vikash Reddy and Elisabeth Barnett, who recently authored a CAPR working paper on the use of multiple measures for assessment and placement, discuss data points that can be used in placing students, ways in which these measures can be combined, and more varied ways in which colleges might employ assessment results.
Evaluating Remediation Reforms at the California State University
April 21, 2017 | Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) Seminar for Education Policymakers and Scholars
In this seminar, Michal Kurlaender presented results from a study that examines the impact of Early Start on persistence rates and achievement in the CSU.
Strategies for Dev Ed: The IES Practice Guide and Promising Reforms
CAPR Director Thomas Bailey writes about the recommendations in the Department of Education's practice guide on developmental education. Of the six recommended practices discussed in the report, the implementation of comprehensive, integrated, and long-lasting support programs was backed by the strongest evidence and had the biggest impacts.
College Placement Strategies: Evolving Considerations and Practices (A CAPR Working Paper)
By Elisabeth A. Barnett and Vikash Reddy | February 2017
This paper provides an overview of the history of college placement testing, with a focus on nonselective colleges. The authors discuss the limitations of placement tests, the consequences of placement errors, and the movement toward changing systems of placement; a typology of approaches to assessment and placement is also described.
CAPR Link Roundup: Hope, Research, and Data
Here are some additional resources about remedial ed. If you have any thoughts on the research or additional studies worth noting, send us a message on Twitter at @CAPR_deved.