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The Office of Research and Policy Analysis (RPA) is the research arm of the Board of Regents, analyzing higher education and related state and national policy issues and their impact on the University System of Georgia. Reports in this section analyze success of students in developmental education courses as a means for evaluating their "Learning Support" Programs

The Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) was a grant funded initiative from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Ofice. The goal of this project was improving student access. Resources include a basic skills handbook, and literature reviews.

Memorandum of agreement with the University of Maine System

This report done by Alliance for Excellent Education documents the costs to postsecondary institutions and the economy as a whole because of the high percent of students who require developmental education. This report is cited by the U.S. Department of Education and President Obama as part of the justification for tying Title 1 funding from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to state adopting college and career ready standards

Publication from the Community College Research Center that reviews evidence on students entering community colleges needing developmental education.

This brief, reviews evidence on students who enter community college with weak academic skills, and it summarizes study findings on the effectiveness of developmental education. The brief offers recommendations for a broad reform agenda based on a comprehensive approach to improving developmental education. (Thomas Bailey, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, February 2009))

Shorter overview of Bailey's ideas for reforming developmental education.

This paper reviews evidence on the number of students who enter community colleges with weak academic skills and on the incidence and effectiveness of developmental education. The paper also presents a broad reform agenda based on a comprehensive approach to all aspects of developmental education. (Thomas Bailey, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, November 2008)

This paper is very important to the reform effort. It lays out a specific agenda on how to differentiate the delivery of developmental education. Bailey argues for "mainstreaming" students into college-level courses and providing additional academic support for those students who are modestly underprepared. It also raises concerns about how to serve those students who require 3 or more developmental courses.

Provides an overview of current policy and research on developmental education. The paper argues that developmental education is a necessary part of state efforts to increase college attainment rates. (Alene Russell, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2008)

Hey Mary, I think this paper argues against shifting developmental education exclusively to two-year colleges. Maybe we should create tags using the term "limits", "four_year" and "comm_college"

Identifies current state policies that impede student attainment of basic skills for postsecondary education. The report recommends using standardized assessments, requiring remediation upon enrollment and provides flexibility to community colleges to address issues. (Elizabeth G. Hill, California Legislative Auditors Office, 2008)

The Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC) project focused on teaching and learning in basic skills mathematics and English at 11 California community colleges. This report discusses the ways the participating colleges have used both traditional measures of student performance, as well as more innovative forms of assessment and data collection to improve pedagogical practice and enhance student learning. (Lloyd Bond, A Report from The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: Strengthening Pre-Collegiate Education in Community Colleges, 2009)

Examines the tradeoffs states encounter as they make state-level developmental education placement policies. The brief encourages policies to be combined with appropriate support services and interventions that enable students to succeed. It promotes a P-16 approach with multiple assessments of students and sound data collection and analysis. (Heath Prince, Jobs for the Future, 2005)

Provides an overview of the issues to be considered as states, systems and institutions set performance standards and corresponding cut scores for placement into college-level coursework. (Deanna L. Morgan and Michalis P. Michaelides, College Board, 2005)

Examines the current policy challenges that impede access to postsecondary education for adult students who require English language training, GED or Adult Basic Education training. The report offers several recommendations to improve adult basic education and track student results.(Julie Strawn, Center for Law and Social Policy, National Commission on Adult Literacy, 2007)

Mission is to provide adults with educational opportunities to acquire and improve their literacy skills. State's longitudinal data study mentioned in Jam.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the patterns and determinants of student progression through sequences of developmental education starting from initial referral. Thomas Bailey, Dong Wook Jeong & Sung-Woo Cho - December 2008. Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University)

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.

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