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Summarizes states' efforts to provide information on success of K-12 students after high school, such as postsecondary enrollment, remediation, persistence and degree completion. (Data Quality Campaign, December 2011)

The annual report shows an increase in the percentage of students requiring remediation - possibly due to more students enrolling in college - but also higher retention rates for these students. The comprehensive report looks at remedial participation, success and cost, and also includes high school feedback reports. (Colorado Commission on Higher Education, February 2012)

This annual report summarizes and disaggregates data on New Mexico high school graduates who require college remedial courses. The percentage decreased by 3.1% from 2008 to 2009. NM has implemented several initiatives to better prepare students for college.

Provides an analysis of over 50 state and postsecondary system reports on remedial education that the Getting Past Go project reviewed. Overall, GPG found that data contained in the reports fell into three main categories: participation of students in developmental education; success of developmental education students; and cost of developmental education. (Mary Fulton, Education Commission of the States, April, 2010)

Resource shared at the GPG Workshop on Remedial Education in Nashville, TN on October 5-7, 2010

Provides examples of state and postsecondary system reports that include estimates of remedial education costs. Some of the reports reviewed by Getting Past Go offer general expenditures, while others provide more a detailed examination of the costs of delivering remedial education.(Mary Fulton, Education Commission of the States, July, 2010)

Resource shared at the GPG Workshop on Remedial Education in Nashville, TN on October 5-7, 2010

Montana report for the Making Opportunity Affordable project. Addresses several issues to include remediation and developmental education participation.

Alabama colleges saw a significant increase in the percent of students taking remedial math during this past fall. The story attributes the increase to a larger number of adults returning to postsecondary education because of the economy.

Georgia State Budget Task Force report recommends moving remedial education exclusively to two-year institutions.

Web page for the legislatively mandated College Graduation Task Force for the Institutes of Higher Learning in Mississippi.

The final report for the Mississippi College Graduation Task Force

Results from a policy audit for the Mississippi College Graduation Task Force

Annual remedial report includes data on participation, student success and cost, as well as high school feedback data. This year's report includes detailed graduation information for remedial students. (Colorado Commission on Higher Education, February 2011)

Urges states to track how well high school graduates perform in college so that the schools can better prepare students for and succeed in postsecondary education. States should track postsecondary enrollment, remediation and credit accumulation. Recommends four actions for states to take to track and publish these data. (J.B. Schramm and E. Kinney Zalesne, October 2011)