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Download full textWathington, Heather D.; Barnett, Elisabeth A.; Weissman, Evan; Teres, Jedediah; Pretlow, Joshua; Nakanishi, Aki – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2011
In 2007, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) funded 22 colleges to establish developmental summer bridge programs. Aimed at providing an alternative to traditional developmental education, these programs involve intensive remedial instruction in math, reading, and/or writing and college preparation content for students entering…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Summer Programs, College Preparation, Academic Achievement
Sherer, Jennifer Zoltners; Grunow, Alicia – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2010
The authors prepared this report after exploring programs using a 90-day cycle process borrowed from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). The IHI 90-day cycle scans activity in the field as a "quick way to research innovative ideas and assess their potential for advancing quality improvement". The goal was to "get under…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Instructional Innovation
Wathington, Heather D.; Barnett, Elisabeth A.; Weissman, Evan; Teres, Jedediah; Pretlow, Joshua; Nakanishi, Aki – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2011
In 2009, the National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) launched an evaluation of eight developmental summer bridge programs in Texas to assess whether these programs reduce the need for developmental coursework and improve student outcomes in college. The evaluation uses an experimental design to measure the effects of these programs on…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Research Design, Summer Programs, Community Colleges
