amazzariello, Author at Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness

Improving Assessment and Placement at California’s Community Colleges

Olga Rodríguez, a research fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, describes how assessment and placement practices vary across the state's community colleges. This post is based on testimony given to the California State Senate Education Committee on April 19, 2017, on Senate Bill 319, which would require community colleges to inform incoming students about remediation policies and test preparation opportunities.

amazzariello2017-05-04T20:52:09-04:00May 4, 2017|Tags: assessment, California, community colleges, developmental education, ESL, multiple measures, Olga Rodríguez, state policy|

Same Course, Different Outcomes: The Mysterious Case of Computerized Developmental Math in Tennessee

Maggie Fay of CCRC discusses lessons learned from SAILS, a computer-mediated developmental math program implemented at high schools and community colleges in Tennessee.

amazzariello2017-05-01T13:30:08-04:00April 28, 2017|Tags: CCRC, computer-mediated courses, developmental education, high school, Maggie Fay, math, SAILS, technology, Tennessee|

Nevada Students Find Themselves in a State of Remediation

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

amazzariello2017-05-17T16:54:37-04:00April 22, 2017|

R.I.’s 3 Public Colleges Try New Ways to Help Struggling Students Catch Up

Source: Providence Journal

amazzariello2017-05-17T16:54:00-04:00March 31, 2017|

Moving to Multiple Measures

Vikash Reddy and Elisabeth Barnett, who recently authored a CAPR working paper on the use of multiple measures for assessment and placement, discuss data points that can be used in placing students, ways in which these measures can be combined, and more varied ways in which colleges might employ assessment results.

amazzariello2017-05-13T13:23:40-04:00March 29, 2017|Tags: assessment, CAPR research, developmental education, Elisabeth Barnett, multiple measures, Vikash Reddy|

Evaluating Remediation Reforms at the California State University

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.

amazzariello2017-11-02T15:48:13-04:00March 21, 2017|

Strategies for Dev Ed: The IES Practice Guide and Promising Reforms

CAPR Director Thomas Bailey writes about the recommendations in the Department of Education's practice guide on developmental education. Of the six recommended practices discussed in the report, the implementation of comprehensive, integrated, and long-lasting support programs was backed by the strongest evidence and had the biggest impacts.

amazzariello2020-12-09T11:00:55-05:00March 7, 2017|Tags: ASAP, CAPR research, CCRC, developmental education, IES, Thomas Bailey, What Works Clearinghouse|

College Placement Strategies: Evolving Considerations and Practices (A CAPR Working Paper)

By Elisabeth A. Barnett and Vikash Reddy | February 2017

This paper provides an overview of the history of college placement testing, with a focus on nonselective colleges. The authors discuss the limitations of placement tests, the consequences of placement errors, and the movement toward changing systems of placement; a typology of approaches to assessment and placement is also described.

amazzariello2020-12-09T10:52:55-05:00February 15, 2017|

CAPR Link Roundup: Hope, Research, and Data

Here are some additional resources about remedial ed. If you have any thoughts on the research or additional studies worth noting, send us a message on Twitter at @CAPR_deved.

amazzariello2020-12-09T11:22:56-05:00February 13, 2017|Tags: ASAP, CAPR link roundup, CCRC, developmental education, Di Xu, Educational Researcher, guided pathways, Hechinger Report, MDRC, Wisconsin HOPE Lab|

The Promise of Integrated Reading and Writing (video)

Susan Bickerstaff of CCRC was interviewed recently about integrating reading and writing instruction in developmental education courses as part of a Statewide Meeting hosted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and Austin Community College.

amazzariello2020-12-09T11:21:52-05:00February 10, 2017|Tags: CCRC, developmental education, instruction, reading and writing, Susan Bickerstaff, video|

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