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Powerpoint on the implementation of the Fasttrac program in Minnesota that integrates basic skills instruction in contextualized career training

Press release announcing Zane State's grant award as part of the Developmental Education Initiative

Interview with Sinclair Community College president on their participation in Achieving the Dream and the efforts in developmental education.

Report from Education Sector on high school accountability systems

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

Article discusses role education technology companies are playing in providing "adaptive" developmental courses. (Inside Higher Ed, 03/10/11)

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.

From CLASP: Beyond Basic Skills describes strategies that can be used to strengthen connections between basic skills education and postsecondary education to help lower-skilled adults and out-of-school youth attain the postsecondary credentials they need to advance in the labor market. This includes state-level innovations such as: instructional strategies that provide a strong foundation in occupational skills required for jobs in the local economy; acceleration strategies that help students progress further and more quickly in education and training programs in a shorter period of time than traditional approaches, and funding formulas, assessment policies, and other administrative policies that support a statewide vision to provide adults and youth with pathways to better jobs through postsecondary education. The report also includes examples of states and local institutions that are effectively implementing one or more of these innovations.

Report from CLASP for policymakers on how to link basic skills instruction to postsecondary attainment

Under the LA Grad Act, four-year institutions agree to achieve certain standards in exchange for authority to increase tuition. The performance objectives are aimed at improving college completion and meeting the state's workforce and economic development needs. One performance objective - efficiency and accountability - requires four-year institutions that enter into agreements to eliminate remedial education course offerings and developmental study programs unless such courses or programs cannot be offered at a community college in the same geographic area.

An overview of the Florida Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT) as published in the November, 2010 edition of the Florida Community College System Zoom newsletter

Brief from ACE on how higher education can engage with the common core standards.

Describes Virginia's process of redesigning developmental education across the state's 23 community colleges and 40 campuses. By 2013, developmental math will be taught as a series of nine one-credit modules. Developmental English will be taught as a tiered subject, integrating academic reading and writing. (Jobs for the Future, October 2011)

The Lumina Foundation for Education's Initiative to increase the productivity of postsecondary education by developing policies and strategies that result in higher college completion rates at lower costs to taxpayers, students and institutions.

Summarizes the objectives of and lessons learned from Washington's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) program. The program pairs English as a second language (ESL)/adult basic education (ABE) instructors and professional-technical instructors in the classroom to concurrently provide students with literacy education and workforce skills. (Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, December 2005)

Makes the case that despite its challenges, developmental education is a necessary and important investment for states

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.

Describes what the DEI states have set out to do and why, the momentum they have developed, and next steps in their efforts to overcome obstacles to better results. (Michael Collins, Jobs for the Future, April 2011)

This announcement references the University of Phoenix's plan to provide just in time developmental education as part of their online programs.

Memorandum of agreement with the University of Maine System

College Board ACCUPLACER tests provide students with useful information about academic skills in math, English, and reading. Resource for students from the College Board.

NYTimes: The Choice: As many as four out of five community college students in the United States want to transfer to a four-year institution so they can obtain a bachelor's degree, according to a report released Thursday by the College Board.