CAPR Blog
CAPR 2.0: The Next Generation of Developmental Education Reform and Research
This blog post looks back at the first six years of CAPR's research and describes what's next for the center, including a suite of new projects and research questions focused on which developmental education reforms, policies, and practices work for whom.
Students Are Ready. We Need to Recognize It.
Placement tests relegate students who could succeed in college-level courses to remedial classes, impeding their progress toward a community college credential. This blog post argues that it's time to recognize the hard work incoming students have already put in and place everyone in college-level courses.
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.