March 7, 2019 | Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) Annual Conference
This symposium sought to expand the developmental education research base by featuring findings from four evaluations. CAPR researchers discussed multiple measures assessment and placement, as well as Dana Center Math Pathways.
February 26, 2019 | League for Innovation in the Community College Annual Conference
In this session, researchers presented promising findings from studies examining multiple measures for developmental course placement and math pathways reforms within the context of results from a national survey about developmental education practices.
February 24, 2019 | League for Innovation in the Community College Annual Conference
This session focused on how to set up a multiple measures assessment and placement system in a college, taking into account what we know about impacts on student outcomes, resources needed, and lessons learned on implementation in three states.
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.
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.
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.
May 31, 2018 | RTI International Webinar
In this one-hour webinar, Elizabeth Zachry Rutschow of MDRC and Margo Keys of Chippewa Valley Technical College discussed the benefits and challenges associated with implementing alternative math pathways.
April 29, 2018 | American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Annual Convention
This session explored current practices and innovations in developmental education, especially using multiple measures for placement and math pathways to align math to programs of study.
March 20, 2018 | League for Innovation in the Community College Annual Conference
This session shared information about where senior year transition courses exist, their designs, and the partnerships and policy contexts that surround them.