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 …

Many recent high school graduates who enter community college are required to take
remedial or developmental education courses before enrolling in college-level courses …

Socioeconomic gaps in college enrollment and attainment have widened over time, despite
increasing returns to postsecondary education and significant policy efforts to improve …

It is well established that students who begin post-secondary education at a community
college are less likely to earn a bachelor's degree than otherwise similar undergraduates …

Remediation is one of the largest single interventions intended to improve outcomes for
underprepared college students, yet little is known about the remedial screening process …

Half of all college students will enroll in remedial coursework but evidence of its
effectiveness is mixed. Using a regression-discontinuity design with data from a large urban …

Community colleges are typically assumed to be nonselective, open-access institutions. Yet
access to college-level courses at such institutions is far from guaranteed: the vast majority …

ing researchers nationwide to summarize the state of college access and success and to
provide recommendations for how institutional leaders and policymakers can effectively …

Over the past several years, the Community College Research Center (CCRC) has
conducted several research studies on developmental education and has produced reviews …

This study tracks students' progression through developmental math sequences and defines
progression as both attempting and passing each level of the sequence. A model of …