Provision of equitable access to university education is the primary goal of pre-university
education. Academically weak students stand to benefit more from pre-university program …

Research suggests that far more students are referred to developmental education courses
than necessary, and that developmental education presents a barrier to students' success …

Colleges offer remedial coursework to help students enrolling in post-secondary education
who are not adequately prepared to succeed in college-level courses. Despite the …

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 …

Over half of community college students place into developmental education, resulting in
significant financial costs. We extend previous research demonstrating that using placement …

This study examines the impact of a “natural experiment” that gave students the choice to
place into or out of developmental math because of an unintended mistake made by a …

Florida passed legislation in 2013 that exempted many students from developmental
education, and required colleges to implement new instructional modalities for optional …

This study aims to examine the relationship between learning support, student engagement,
and science achievement of remedial students in the university placement examination …

The Florida College and Career Readiness Initiative (FCCRI) was a statewide policy
requiring college readiness testing and participation in college readiness courses for high …

Since the fall semester of 2014, Florida's Senate Bill 1720 (SB 1720) initiated a major
statewide developmental education reform in the Florida College System (FCS). Now that …