A Career in Crafting Change: Elisabeth Barnett Retires After 16 Years With CCRC ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/easyblog/a-car…

Interested in #deved reform at #comm_colleges ? In a new The Journal of Higher Education - (JHE) article, we use interview data and frame analysis to examine how CC personnel construct meaning of dev-ed in math and how they assign responsibility for solving identified problems. doi.org/10.1080/002215…

Here's a blog post about recent CAPR survey of corequisite remediation adoption at community colleges ( #math has increased from 28% in 2016 [the yr our RCT was published bit.ly/2Fke8zD] to 77% in 2023!) bit.ly/4cI7npf CCRC MDRC #HigherEd

ICYMI - New CAPR report shares findings from interviews at 12 two- and four-year public colleges that went through considerable effort to improve their placement systems and to make them sustainable on a large scale. postsecondaryreadiness.org/access-success… MDRC CCRC

This paper summarizes research leading up to remedial reform efforts in #California , the reforms themselves, their consequences, & what still needs doing, w. a goal of increasing #highered #Equity bit.ly/3xhTjmk #math #CivilRights Tatiana Melguizo Civil Rights Project CCRC

Which students get to attempt intellectually stimulating courses like calculus may rely in part on where they attend high school rather than just their aptitude for math. edsurge.com/news/2024-03-0… EdSurge HigherEd RAND

New on the CAPR blog: CAPR Survey Shows Widespread Adoption of Developmental Education Reforms postsecondaryreadiness.org/capr-survey-sh… MDRC CCRC

The percentage of US public two-year colleges now offering co-requisite remediation has jumped over the past seven years, from 28% to 77% in maths, and from 56% to 78% in English, according to recent data from CAPR. timeshighereducation.com/news/remedial-… MDRC CCRC

New today: Developmental Education Reform as a Civil Rights Agenda: Recent History & Future Directions for California civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/colle… UCLA Ed & IS USC Pullias Center for Higher Education

UC stirs furious debate over what high school math skills are needed to succeed in college latimes.com/california/sto… Los Angeles Times Teresa Watanabe

Only 47% of public high schools say they’re doing a “very good” or “excellent” job preparing students for college, according to a new survey from NCES. insidehighered.com/news/quick-tak… Inside Higher Ed

In CAPR’s latest report, read about how colleges in Arkansas and Texas adopted and expanded developmental placement reforms. postsecondaryreadiness.org/access-success… MDRC CCRC

Why Adult Learner Advocates Must Embrace Developmental Education Reform, by
Tracy Robinson of University of Memphis, and Sarah Ancel of StudentReady.com. evolllution.com/why-adult-lear…

Research supports multiple measures assessment (MMA) as an alternative to traditional placement systems for college-level courses.

This report offers lessons from Arkansas and Texas about successful MMA implementation.

w/ CAPR & CCRC mdrc.org/work/publicati…

To remove barriers to degree progress for students, Saint Xavier University removed developmental math courses and now places academically underprepared students in college-level courses with supplemental instruction. insidehighered.com/news/student-s… Saint Xavier

New from CAPR: Access to Success: Insights for Implementing a Multiple Measures Assessment System postsecondaryreadiness.org/access-success… MDRC CCRC Hollie Daniels Sarica, PhD

NEW!

Multiple measures assessment (MMA) uses indicators like GPA to evaluate readiness for college-level courses (rather than only standardized test scores).

This CAPR report offers insights from 12 Arkansas & Texas colleges using MMA. mdrc.org/work/publicati…

More than half of Oregon’s 17 community colleges are already offering some form of corequisite math education in their classrooms. Some advocates are looking to make corequisites a mainstay in the state’s community colleges. opb.org/article/2024/0… OPB Oregon Community College Association

What have Nancy Murray and Jay Trucker of CCBC learned after two semesters of teaching AI in their comp classrooms? postsecondaryreadiness.org/student-respon…

Big news! We are expanding access and enhancing the affordability of our proven math pathway solutions by shifting to Open Educational Resources (OER), beginning March 1st. Read more and sign up for updates on this exciting transition: tinyurl.com/yszx3ps5

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