CAPR Link Roundup: Bolstering Developmental Education Reform With Additional Supports

Several recent research publications look at how reforms to the structure of developmental education combine with other reforms and supports to make a bigger difference for students. This blog shares resources to learn more about developmental education and transfer, developmental education and success coaching, and ESL reforms in California, along with several reports on corequisite courses.

2023-11-13T10:31:40-05:00November 8, 2023|Tags: , , |

Opinion: Math Proposal Would Block More Latino, Black, Rural Students From Cal State

Vikash Reddy of the Campaign for College Opportunity writes in this essay originally published in the Los Angeles Times that a proposal to increase the quantitative reasoning requirement for admission to the California State University system would create barriers for minority and low-income students.

2019-09-18T15:53:25-04:00September 18, 2019|Tags: , , , |

Video: Reforming Math Pathways at California’s Community Colleges

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).

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

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.

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.

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