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31Oct

Video: Reforming Math Pathways at California’s Community Colleges

October 31, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

This video includes a presentation by Olga Rodríguez of the Public Policy Institute of California, followed by a panel discussion featuring Nikki Edgecombe (CAPR and CCRC), Laura Metune (California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office), and Myra Snell (California Acceleration Project).
27Oct

CAPR Link Roundup: Reform from East to West and in Between

October 27, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , |

With colleges around the country experimenting with reforms to developmental education, researchers are partnering with them to measure the effect of the changes. Today, we're rounding up some recent studies of developmental ed reforms, including Florida’s dramatic overhaul from 2013, California’s growing movement to reform placement and developmental pathways, and Virginia and North Carolina’s efforts to combine developmental reading and writing into one literacy-reinforcing discipline.

24Aug

How Developmental Education Policy Gets Done

August 24, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , |

At CAPR's annual meeting on June 29, a discussion between CAPR’s Nikki Edgecombe, Dustin Weeden of the National Conference of State Legislatures, and Christina Whitfield of the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association turned up valuable insights for higher education reformers. CCRC Communications Specialist Elizabeth Ganga highlights the main points from this session.

11Aug

The Unfulfilled Promise of Developmental Education: Effects, Problems, and Current Reforms

August 11, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , |

Di Xu, an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine, discusses her recent study on how outcomes differ for lower and higher level developmental students, and what colleges are doing to improve developmental education outcomes.

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