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Nina Arshavsky; Julie A. Edmunds; Fatih Unlu; Lily Fesler – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
This mixed methods experimental study examined the impacts of the Early College High School model on students' college readiness in mathematics measured by their success in college preparatory mathematics courses in the 9th through 11th grades, and disaggregated for academically prepared and underprepared students. This study looked at the…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Readiness, Mathematics Achievement, College Preparation
Floyd, Anika Z. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the accelerated course learning format on student achievement in developmental English and math courses offered at a rural community college. Due to a rise in the number of underprepared students who enroll in community college, some college officials implemented the accelerated course…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Acceleration (Education), Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Mathematics
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Herman, Phillip; Carreon, Daisy; Scanlan, Spencer; Dandapani, Nitara – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2017
Over the period 2010-14 more than 80 percent of public high school graduates in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands were placed in non-credit-bearing developmental English courses and more than 92 percent were placed in developmental math courses when they enrolled at Northern Marianas College, the commonwealth's only public…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Student Characteristics, Demography, College Readiness
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Hesser, Tiffany L.; Gregory, Jess L. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2016
A lack of college readiness can affect student success in the classroom and impact retention rates. It has been recommended that all students be placed in courses with college-level content but that added support be provided for students identified as underprepared. This study examines the impact of added instructional time and support embedded…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Readiness, College Science, Chemistry
Salinas, Lelia – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Large numbers of students arrive at colleges and universities unprepared, specifically in the area of mathematics. In Texas, approximately 47% of entering freshman students enroll in developmental mathematics. Mathematics is cited in the literature as cornerstone for success in science, and advanced technology. In this study, the extent to which…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Statistical Analysis, Factor Analysis, Algebra
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Efird, Carole – NADE Digest, 2005
NCES (1996) reported that almost one-third of all students entering colleges and universities are unprepared for college coursework and therefore required to enroll in developmental courses. This study focused on developmental and regular mathematics courses at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Using final mathematics grades from the…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Mathematics, College Mathematics