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Colleges Misassign Many to Remedial Classes, Studies Find - 0 views

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News article references two new CCRC reports, which suggest that more than a quarter of students placed in remedial courses could pass the gateway course with a "B." The article also indicates that using high school GPA as the placement criterion would be as good of a predictor of college success as remedial assessments.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">News article references two new CCRC reports, which suggest that more than a quarter of students placed in remedial courses could pass the gateway course with a "B." The article also indicates that using high school GPA as the placement criterion would be as good of a predictor of college success as remedial assessments. </div>

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Task Force Report Outlines Recommendations for Reforming Nevada Community Colleges - 2 views

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Task force report recommends sweeping changes to how community colleges are run. Proposed changes include revamping or tweaking online education, K-12 partnerships, remedial education, tuition pricing, the funding formula and the colleges' governing system, among others.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Task force report recommends sweeping changes to how community colleges are run. Proposed changes include revamping or tweaking online education, K-12 partnerships, remedial education, tuition pricing, the funding formula and the colleges' governing system, among others.</div>

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Complete to Compete Common College Completion Metrics - 0 views

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Reconsider and Redesign Developmental Mathematics | Carnegie Foundation for the Advance... - 0 views

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Smart Math - 1 views

www.tnredesign.org/...GettingPastGoJSCC.pptx

GPG workshop resources Tennessee course_redesign math Transforming Remediation modules

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A System Approach to Developmental Redesign in Tennessee - 2 views

www.tnredesign.org/...SPresentationThursday10-10.ppt

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Creating Opportunities: Connecting Adult Learners with Economic Success - 0 views

uso.edu/...Report_from_State_Advisory.pdf

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Shifting Gears: Community Colleges and Adult Basic Education - 2 views

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Changing the Odds: Informing Policy with Research on How Adult Learners Succeed - 2 views

www.air.org/...20the%20Odds%20Final%20PDF.pdf

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I-BEST: A Program Integrating Adult Basic Education and Workforce Training - 1 views

www.sbctc.ctc.edu/...resh_05-2_i-best.pdf

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Beyond Basic Skills - 1 views

www.clasp.org/...nd-Basic-Skills-March-2011.pdf

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Accelerated Learning Program: Community College of Baltimore County - 1 views

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Adapting to Developmental Ed - 1 views

www.insidehighered.com/...g_adaptive_learning_technology

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Article detailing the momentum around instructional technology in the wake of political pressures to increase completion rates and foundations offering grants to effect the same.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Article detailing the momentum around instructional technology in the wake of political pressures to increase completion rates and foundations offering grants to effect the same.</div>

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Assessing Developmental Assessment in Community Colleges - 2 views

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The report from the Community College Research Center studies the validity of developmental education assessments in predicting retention and student completion odds. While many have focused on instructional innovations, few have studied the empirical power of assessments to predict future performance.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The report from the Community College Research Center studies the validity of developmental education assessments in predicting retention and student completion odds. While many have focused on instructional innovations, few have studied the empirical power of assessments to predict future performance. </div>

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Accelerating Remedial Math Education: How Institutional Innovations and State Policy In... - 4 views

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Details the tension between institutions developing innovative approaches to assess students and deliver remedial content and state policies that reinforce the traditional course-based design.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Details the tension between institutions developing innovative approaches to assess students and deliver remedial content and state policies that reinforce the traditional course-based design.</div>

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

www.nga.org/...C2CBriefingPaperRemedialEd.pdf

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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

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Brief by Bruce Vandal for NGA; highlights approaches to improve productivity, student success in remedial education; also has college completion implications</div>

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Complex Measures of Success: Voluntary Framework of Accountability - 1 views

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Details the work of the Voluntary Framework of Accountability, which has rolled out its Stage One pilot measures for college readiness and workforce, economic and community development measures.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Details the work of the Voluntary Framework of Accountability, which has rolled out its Stage One pilot measures for college readiness and workforce, economic and community development measures.</div>

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Senate committee offers advice to colleges - 0 views

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Details Texas Senate Higher Education Interim Committee's study report. Committee offered 86 recommendations on variety of topics: dual credit, distance education, cost-cutting, performance funding, remedial education.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Details Texas Senate Higher Education Interim Committee's study report. Committee offered 86 recommendations on variety of topics: dual credit, distance education, cost-cutting, performance funding, remedial education.</div>

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Students soar in pilot program - 1 views

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Describes Project DEgree pilot at Durham Tech. Project DEgree administered by Gateway to College National Network and funded through grant from Gates Foundation. Model uses evidence-based best practices, cohort-based model and supplementary student service support. Program retention rate of 92% (23 of 25).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Describes Project DEgree pilot at Durham Tech. Project DEgree administered by Gateway to College National Network and funded through grant from Gates Foundation. Model uses evidence-based best practices, cohort-based model and supplementary student service support. Program retention rate of 92% (23 of 25).</div>

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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.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>

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