This article reports a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that use regression
discontinuity to examine the effects of placement into developmental education. Results …

Over the past decade, policymakers, educators, and administrators in community colleges
and other broad-access postsecondary institutions have focused on reforming …

Objective: Standardized placement tests remain the primary means by which new
community college students are assessed and placed in the hierarchy of math and English …

Nationwide, graduation rates at community colleges are discouragingly low. This
randomized experiment provides evidence that graduation rates can be increased …

This article provides evidence about predictive relationships between features of community
college interventions and their impacts on student progress. This evidence is based on …

Almost two-thirds of entering community college students and over one-third of students
entering less-selective four year colleges are judged as lacking in the math and language …

The article presents the results of a randomized experimental study of a writing curriculum
for college developmental writing courses based on strategy instruction with self-regulation …

This paper presents new estimates of the effects of the City University of New York's
(CUNY's) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) model, evaluated using a …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a curriculum based on self-
regulated strategy instruction in college developmental writing courses. Prior research that …

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 …