November 30, 2018 | New York Student Success Center Webinar
Elisabeth Barnett described early results from CAPR’s experimental study of 13,000 students at seven New York community colleges who were randomly assigned to be placed using either standardized placement tests alone or multiple measures.
For students returning to college after a multiyear gap, the prospect of taking a mathematics course can be incredibly intimidating—but it doesn’t have to be. The Foundations of Mathematics course aims to transform the math experience by focusing on real-world problems, and for Gabriela Patino, a student at El Paso Community College, it made all the difference.
October 11, 2018 | SUNY Association of Chief Academic Officers Fall 2018 Conference
In this session, Elisabeth Barnett described why the use of multiple measures for assessment and placement is widely becoming viewed as superior to the use of placement tests alone.
Rethinking Remedial Classes: From Assignment to Application
CAPR Report Explores Placement Impact on College Students
September 27, 2018 | New Jersey Council of Community College's College Readiness Now Leadership Meeting
Transition courses offered in the high school senior year can help students to become college-ready in math and English, especially when they are co-designed with college faculty. This session considered different transition course design options in use around the country and discussed the pros and cons of each.
September 27, 2018 | New Jersey Council of Community College's College Readiness Now Leadership Meeting
The presentation focused on different ways colleges are creating multiple measures assessment models and included the results from research underway in seven SUNY colleges that indicates the promise of this approach.
Ditching the Single, Standardized Placement Test
By Elizabeth Zachry Rutschow, John Diamond, and Elena Serna-Wallender | May 2017
A promising new community college intervention—the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways—involves a revised developmental math course that emphasizes statistical and quantitative reasoning skills to align with students’ fields of study. In a random assignment evaluation at four colleges in Texas, students report a qualitatively different experience with math instruction.