November 2–4, 2017 | American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) 2017 Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference
This poster highlighted the successes and challenges of implementing classroom, institutional, and state policy reforms to support the development of multiple math pathways, drawing on CAPR's research on the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways (DCMP).
October 11, 2017 | Strengthening Student Success Conference
In this session, representatives from the Charles A. Dana Center, MDRC, and the California Acceleration Project (CAP) discussed successes and challenges of implementing classroom, institutional, and state policy reforms to support the development of multiple math pathways.
October 10, 2017 | National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) National Conference
In this session, presenters discussed alternative placement mechanisms that are increasingly used in colleges and dual/concurrent enrollment programs.
August 29, 2017 | CAPR Webinar: Algorithm Development and Sustainability
This CAPR webinar discussed how colleges can develop and compute an algorithm geared towards higher efficacy in developmental placement using historical data. A recording of the webinar is available for streaming.
August 9, 2017 | State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) Higher Education Policy Conference
In this session, researchers from MDRC and CCRC along with policy and evaluation staff from the Dana Center described how they are supporting and researching the process of implementing math pathways.
April 21, 2017 | Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) Seminar for Education Policymakers and Scholars
In this seminar, Michal Kurlaender presented results from a study that examines the impact of Early Start on persistence rates and achievement in the CSU.
November 12, 2016 | Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference
This session included three papers about the use of multiple measures to place students who are entering college for the first time.
November 2, 2016 | OCTAE Convening for Minority Serving Community Colleges
This presentation focused on CAPR's study of the use of multiple measures for placing students into college-level or developmental courses, sharing initial data from the study's first semester of enrollment and highlighting emerging themes from interviews and focus groups.
April 11, 2016 | American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Annual Convention
This panel focused on why assessment needs to change and how to improve student placement using “big data,” noncognitive assessments, decision bands, and other emerging approaches.
March 22, 2016 | League for Innovation in the Community College Conference
In this session, three presenters discussed the reasons why multiple measures are being widely discussed as a way to improve incoming students’ assessment and placement.