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The paper shows how three community colleges used the Achieving the Dream model of institutional reform to implement best instructional approaches for developmental education courses. The paper also examines how other community colleges may use evidence of success at these institutions as an indication of the utility and scalability of the Achieving the Dream model.

Case study of three institutions that used the Achieving the Dream process to develop and institute changes in developmental education

Provides a summary of key findings from the literature on effective developmental education practice. Descriptions of promising practices are grouped into the following categories: program management and organization; assessment, instruction, and curriculum; student supports; faculty; and public policy. (Wendy Schwartz and Davis Jenkins, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, September 2007)

Story on how freshman at Cal Poly have the option of taking courses in a block scheduling format. Students and faculty both were positive about the approach.

Under the I-BEST model, basic skills instructors and college-level career-technical faculty jointly design and teach college-level occupational courses for adult basic skills students in both these areas. This paper presents findings from a study on the o

Wonderful research on the success of the I-BEST model. I-BEST is maybe the best example on how to effectively use data to assess the need for reform and the impact of the reform. It is a model that other states should consider strongly.

Report on a statewide developmental education survey conducted by TX Higher Education Coordinating Board

Provides data on several developmental education topics, including academic advising and support services; academic performance; college readiness assessments; faculty development; and course delivery. (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2010)

ALP is in innovative approach to basic writing programs that accelerates basic writing students through their developmental writing course and English 101 in one semester. ALP builds on the strengths of earlier approaches such as mainstreaming, studios, learning communities and bridge programs.

The Web site for the Accelerated Learning Program at the Community College of Baltimore County. The program is an extremely effective strategy for moving students placed into developmental English into college level English courses and providing additional academic support

Paper outlining the ways to develop and sustain innovation in "pre-collegiate" or developmental education

Paper from CCRC identifying the elements of highly effective community colleges.

Discusses two new doctoral programs in remedial and developmental education recently approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Currently, only one such program exist in the nation.(Inside Higher Ed, 08/05/11)

Provides information on the Accelerated Learning Project at the Community College of Baltimore County: background, results, costs and scaling up and replicating the model. (Fall 2010)