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Direct linkDouglas, Daniel; McKay, Heather; Edwards, Renee – Grantee Submission, 2020
In 2015, Bergen Community College (BCC) received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education First in the World Grant Program. The grant entitled Alternatives to Mathematics Education: An Unprecedented Program (AMP-UP), was awarded to conduct a randomized control trial on a corequisite approach to developmental math education. This study was…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Mathematics Instruction, Remedial Mathematics, Acceleration (Education)
Weiss, Michael J.; Scrivener, Susan; Slaughter, Austin; Cohen, Benjamin – MDRC, 2021
Most community college students are referred to developmental education courses to build basic skills. These students often struggle in these courses and college more broadly. CUNY Start is a prematriculation program for students assessed as having significant remedial needs. CUNY Start students delay matriculation for one semester and receive…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Program Evaluation, Developmental Studies Programs, Community Colleges
Rutschow, Elizabeth Zachry; Sepanik, Susan; Deitch, Victoria; Raufman, Julia; Dukes, Dominique; Moussa, Adnan – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2019
Analyses of literacy and numeracy levels worldwide by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development suggest that the U.S. population has one of the lowest numeracy levels among developed nations. Sixty-four percent of American adults are unable to use math and interpret math problems that most higher-level jobs require, and a full 30…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills, Adults
Scrivener, Susan; Gupta, Himani; Weiss, Michael J.; Cohen, Benjamin; Cormier, Maria Scott; Brathwaite, Jessica – MDRC, 2018
Many students who enter community college are deemed underprepared for college-level courses and are referred to developmental (remedial) education courses to build their math, reading, or writing skills. These students often struggle in developmental courses and in college more broadly. To help them, the City University of New York (CUNY)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Urban Schools, Remedial Instruction
Weissman, Evan; Butcher, Kristin F.; Schneider, Emily; Teres, Jedediah; Collado, Herbert; Greenberg, David – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2011
Queensborough Community College and Houston Community College are two large, urban institutions that offer learning communities for their developmental math students, with the goals of accelerating students' progress through the math sequence and of helping them to perform better in college and ultimately earn degrees or certificates. They are…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Urban Schools, Educational Research, Developmental Studies Programs
