CAPR Blog
Reforming Developmental Education Reforms
To close persistent racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps, structural changes to developmental education should be combined with strategies that address engagement between students and their instructors.
California’s AB 705 Narrowed Equity Gaps in Gateway Math and English, but There’s More Work to Do
Access to gateway courses for historically underrepresented students increased dramatically following California's implementation of AB 705, but these students' completion rates still lag behind their peers'.
Barriers to Scaling Up Corequisite Classes and Multiple Measures Assessment
As colleges respond to state- and system-wide calls to replace traditional developmental education with corequisite support courses, institutional challenges are preventing them from faithfully implementing these courses as designed.
CAPR Research Extended with Additional Grants from IES, Other Funders
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and other funders have awarded additional grants to extend the center through at least 2023.
SUNY Colleges Are Using Homegrown Multiple Measures Systems to Place Students During the Pandemic
Here, CAPR's Elisabeth Barnett explains how several SUNY community colleges adapted their approaches to assessment and placement for students entering college in fall 2020 to account for limitations posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through the Looking Glass
In this essay, CCRC's Maggie P. Fay considers Varsity Blues, community colleges, and the unequal application of academic standards.