1. Michael Lawrence Collins, Jobs for the Future
Accelerating Opportunity
2014 Fall Technical Assistance Institute
Atlanta, Georgia October 9, 2014
Michael Lawrence Collins, Jobs for the Future

2. Postsecondary State Policy Network
13 States

3. TEN YEARS AGO…

4. Assessment and Placement
One Shot Deal: Students’ Perceptions of Assessment and Course Placement in California’s Community Colleges
By Andrea Venezia (West Ed)
Finding:
Students perceive assessment tests to be a high stakes “one shot deal” that can place them in remedial courses for a long time but has little connection to what students studied in high school
Do High Stakes Exams Predict College Success?
By Judith Scott-Clayton (CCRC)
Finding:
Using multiple measures could reduce the remediation rate by 8 to 12 percentage points while maintaining or increasing success rates in college level courses

5. Rationale for Acceleration: Eliminate Points of Attrition
Course Completion/Enrollment for Students Referred to Lower Level Remedial Math

6. Key Evidence Influencing Development Education Reform
RESEARCH
FINDINGS
Quantitative Studies:
Calcagno & Long 2008
Martorell & McFarlin /2011
Dadgar, 2012
Scott-Clayton & Rodriquez,
Generally little positive effects for developmental education for students near “cut score” point

7. Co-Requisite Model
Community College of Baltimore County Accelerated Learning Project (ALP)
Students who test into highest level developmental writing enroll in English 101 with supports
Results:
Students passed the English gateway course within a year at a rate of 82% in comparison to 69% of non-ALP students who took the developmental education course.

8. Program Structure and Early Connection to Programs of Study
The Shapeless River: Does Lack of Structure Inhibit Student Success?
By Judith Scott-Clayton
The observational evidence is very strong that community college students are often overwhelmed by the complexity of navigating their community college experience
Get with the Program
By Davis Jenkins (CCRC)
Over 50% of students who entered a program of study in first or second term earned a certificate, degree, or transferred to a 4-year institution without a credential
Source: CCRC Working Paper No. 32 April 2011

9. Align Academic Requirements to Students’ Programs of Study
Statway
A one-year academic course that allows students to complete developmental math and statistics at the same time
28 institutions. 8 states: CA, FL, MA, MN, NY, TX, & WA
Results:
Roughly 50 % of developmental math students entering Statway have earned college math credit in a year or less.  Among developmental math students in these same schools, only 16% of have earned college math credit in two years.

11. CUNY Accelerated Study In Associate Programs
Financial Supports
Tuition Waiver
MetroCards
Textbooks
Student Services
Advising
Tutoring
Career Services
Course Enrollment
ASAP Seminar
Block-Schedule Classes
Requirements / Messages
Enroll Full-time
Take Dev. Ed. Early
Graduate in 3 Years

12. Progress and Next Steps
Readiness
Assessment
Acceleration
Alignment w/ programs of study
Advising & Counseling
Pathways
Next Steps:
Document and codify successful models, programs, and policies
Build infrastructure networked improvement
Scale

13. MICHAEL LAWRENCE COLLINS ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, POSTSECONDARY STATE POLICY
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