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Mary Fulton

Getting Past Go Workshop on Remedial Education - Agenda - 0 views

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    GPG held a workshop for its network of state leaders to identify and discuss policies and practices that increase the success of students who require remedial education. (Education Commission of the States, October 2010)
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    Resource shared at the GPG Workshop on Remedial Education in Nashville, TN on October 5-7, 2010
Matt Smith

Push is on to find more effective models of remedial education - 1 views

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    This article details the main research and data findings on developmental education. The article touches on innovative approaches at three community colleges. Also, a discussion of program cost and student success situates developmental education in the right policy context.
Bruce Vandal

Developmental Education: Completion Status and Outcomes - 1 views

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    datanotes publication from Achieving the Dream examining the success of students from ATD institutions in developmental education. Finds that very few students start or complete their developmental education sequence.
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2009 Critical Success Factors for the North Carolina Community College System - 1 views

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    Accountability report on performance measures, referred to as core indicators of success, within NC community college system. (PDF document)
Mary Fulton

Do Student Success Courses Help Community College Students Succeed? - 2 views

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    Studies the impact of student success courses on student persistence, completion and transfer. The report finds some impact, but was unclear about which characteristics of these courses were most beneficial. Researchers examined data from Florida's community college system. (Matthew Zeidenberg, Davis Jenkins and Juan Calcagano; Community College Research Center, 2007)
Mary Fulton

Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community Colleges - 0 views

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    This literature review was conducted for the California Basic Skills Initiative. It reviews research on the most effective practices for teaching basic skills to college students. (Center for Student Success, 2007)
Mary Fulton

Massachusetts Community Colleges Developmental Education Best Policy and Practice Audit - 2 views

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    Examines developmental education best practices and policies within Massachusetts' 15 community colleges. It presents findings, recommendations and resources to assist the community colleges in improving the success of academically vulnerable students within and beyond developmental education. (Massachusetts Community Colleges Executive Office, June 2009)
Mary Fulton

High School to Community College: New Efforts to Build Shared Expectations - 0 views

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    Focuses on where California's K-12 and community college systems meet and explores some of the potential opportunities for building better bridges between them. These include utilizing common approaches to assess student readiness and enabling K-12 and community college educators to jointly plan for the successful transition of students from high school to community college. (EdSource, November 2008)
Mary Fulton

Strategies for Promoting Gatekeeper Course Success Among Students Needing Remediation: - 1 views

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    The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is engaged in a strategic planning process to improve performance. A key objective is to encourage colleges to improve retention and academic success for unprepared students. This report presents the main findings from a study of VCCS developmental education and outlines suggestions to attain the strategic plan goals. (Josipa Roksa, Davis Jenkins, Shanna Smith Jaggars, Matthew Zeidenberg & Sung-Woo Cho, Community College Research Center, November 2009)
Bruce Vandal

Developmental Education: Can it Improve College Attainment Rates - 1 views

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    This issue of the Progress of Education Reform published by ECS summarizes recent research on the college success of students who enroll and complete developmental education.
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Missouri High School Graduates Performance Reports - 1 views

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    Annual reports prepared by the Department of Higher Education. Resource for linking high school performance to college success.
Mary Fulton

Setting Up Success in Developmental Education: How State Policy Can Help Community Coll... - 1 views

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    This issue brief describes how the 15 states participating in the Achieving the Dream project have concentrated their policy efforts on four key areas: preventative strategies, assessment and placement, implementation and evaluation of program innovation,
Mary Fulton

Progress of Education Reform: Community College Success - 0 views

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    This ECS publication looks at the latest research on student success in community colleges and offers insights on the strategies that show the most promise in promoting greater educational attainment for community college students. (Bruce Vandal, Educatio
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ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks - 3 views

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    ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks are the minimum ACT test scores required for students to have a high probability of success in credit-bearing college courses-English Composition, social sciences courses, College Algebra, or Biology.
Bruce Vandal

Antecedents of Developmental/Remedial Mathematics Course Taking in Minnesota Public Pos... - 1 views

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    Report from a working group from the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities on the factors and predictors related to success in college math.
Lisa Levinson

News: Using Data to Drive Performance - Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

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    Action Analytics, which they define as "a multi-dimensional effort aimed squarely at fundamental and strategic education reform in the context of massive economic, social, and technological change... [A]ction analytics strategically uses data, statistics, predictive modeling and visualization to promote student success, achieve institutional efficiency, and demonstrate transparency."
Matt Smith

Developmental courses help ensure students' success - 1 views

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    The news article from the Green Bay Press-Gazette describes the efforts of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to offer intensive, seven-week developmental education courses. The courses have improved student completion so greatly that the institution has considered expanding accelerated and modularized delivery models to college-level coursework.
Bruce Vandal

Remediation: Still a Mystery | The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy - 0 views

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    Report on success and cost of remedial education in North Carolina
Mary Fulton

2010 Colorado Legislative Report on Remedial Education - 2 views

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    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)
Matt Smith

NGA Report: Return on Investment--Strategies for Improving Remedial Education - 1 views

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    Brief by Bruce Vandal for NGA; highlights approaches to improve productivity, student success in remedial education; also has college completion implications
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