GettingPastGo

The Joyce Foundation initiative is designed to help the workforce in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin develop skills and credentials essential for twenty-first century jobs. These states are re-engineering adult education, workforce development and postsecondary education policies to support economic growth and expand job opportunities for low-skilled workers in the Midwest.

Shifting Gears web site funded by the Joyce Foundation. Initiative funded to help 6 midwestern states address how to increase worker skills and certificate and degree completion in postsecondary ed.

The final report of an Arkansas task force offers recommendations for increasing the number of citizens holding bachelor's degrees by 2015. One of the eight core recommendations focuses on decreasing remediation rates. The report also provides background

The ECS database provides a summary of enacted and adopted state policies related to remedial/developmental education since 2000.

The Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) formulates federal postsecondary education policy and administers programs that address critical national needs in support of our mission to increase access to quality postsecondary education.

Commentary by Jordon Horowitz of the Institute for Evidence Based Change on the need for stronger HS-higher ed alignment. Features CAL-PASS system as example

Report from the Higher Education Policy Institute in Texas on the state of developmental education in Texas and suggestions on potential reforms.

Web site for Pearson's MyMathLab software program. Program used to teach remedial math.

Web site for the mywritinglab software from Pearson. Program assists students in need of remedial instruction in writing.

Story on the Ohio Adult Basic Literacy and Education program that works with students who place at the lowest levels in academic readiness for higher education.

Story on the new policies and strategies in the University of Georgia System to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of remedial education.

In a press release, Connecticut Higher Education Commissioner Michael Meotti and State Education Commissioner Mark K. McQuillan discussed the work of the state's P-20 Council. The council works in three areas: building partnerships between school districts and higher education institutions, aligning data across all educational units, and strengthening the preparation and professional development of teachers and principals.

By Jennifer D. Jordan in the Providence Journal, Oct 20 2010. One state (Rhode Island) looks at the transition from high school to college and the steady need for developmental education among nearly 2/3 of its community college students, despite efforts made in K-12.

This report, commissioned by the Lumina Foundation, measures national and state-by-state progress on the "Big Goal," an initiative calling for 60% of Americans to hold a high-quality postsecondary credential by 2025. Individual state pages contain an attainment narrative and several data graphics, disaggregated by ethnicity, attainment level, and county, where available. The report uses National Higher Education Management Systems and American Community Survey data to show current attainment rates and the gap between present rates and the 60% goal.

Presentation of the developmental reading course redesign project work and results at Northeast State Community College. The project has served as a pilot site for the Tennessee Developmental Studies Redesign initiative. (Dr. Xiaoping Wang, Northeast State Community College, October 2010)

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

This preliminary guide discusses the goals and opportunities of the online Getting Past Go toolkit. The toolkit on GPG's web site provides an interactive work space for the project's state network. (Knowledge in the Public Interest, October 2010)

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

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)

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

Provides an overview of the remedial education landscape, Getting Past Go project activities and workshop objectives and principles. The PowerPoint also discusses the four policy levers and related questions that are central to the GPG policy framework. (Bruce Vandal, Education Commission of the States, October 2010)

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

Article on Virginia Community College System's developmental education redesign

Gretchen Schmidt and Donna Jovanovich from the VA Community College System presented at the GPG Workshop on Remedial Education in Nashville, TN on October 5-7.

Overview of the Statway initiative from the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching

Information shared by Uri Treisman at the Getting Past Go Workshop on Remedial Education in Nashville, TN on October 5-7, 2010

Research by Hiebert and Grouws on the effects of specific instructional delivery models on student learning.

Information shared by Uri Treisman at the Getting Past Go Workshop on Remedial Education in Nashville, TN on October 5-7.