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Community Colleges Dropped Test Scores For Class Placements Amid Pandemic: Report
Source: Higher Ed Dive
Alternatives to Placement Tests
Source: Inside Higher Ed
Moving Toward Multiple Assessments for Placement
Source: Community College Daily
Press Releases
Study Finds More ‘Remedial’ Students Should Take College-Level Courses
A new CAPR study found that combining standardized placement test results with high school GPA and other measures—called multiple measures assessment—allowed more students to go straight into college-level courses, and researchers found that those students did better than similar students left behind.
Dana Center Math Pathways Boosts Rates of Completion of Developmental Math and of College-Level Math Courses
A new CAPR report examines how four Texas community colleges implemented Dana Center Mathematics Pathways (DCMP) and the impact of DCMP on student outcomes over as many as four semesters. Costs of the initiative and student perspectives are also discussed.
National Survey of Two- and Four-Year Colleges Shows Rise in Developmental Education Reform, Yet New Practices Typically Reach Less Than Half of Students
A new CAPR report describes findings from a national survey of two- and four-year colleges. Researchers found developmental education reform has accelerated, with a notable 30-percentage-point increase in the use of alternative assessment measures (like grade point averages), rather than only on standardized tests.