CAPR Blog
Video: Looking Ahead to the Culmination of CAPR Research in 2019
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
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.