National Center for Postsecondary Research

"Pedagogy and Classroom Strategies: Overview" (Nikki Edgecombe) "The Quandaries of Basic Skills: Views from the Classroom" (Norton Grubb) "Improving Developmental Mathematics Education in Community Colleges: A Prospectus and Early Status Report on the Statway Initiative" (Uri Treisman and Jenna Cullinane) "Contextualized Reading-Writing Intervention Study" (Dolores Perin)

"Building Foundations for Student Readiness: A Review of Rigorous Research and Promising Trends in Developmental Education" (Elizabeth Zachry and Emily Schneider) "Developmental Summer Bridge Programs: Implementation and Early Evidence from a Random Assignment Study" (Heather Wathington) "Learning Communities for Students in Developmental Education: Early Impact Findings from Three Colleges" (Mary Visher) "Video-based Supplemental Instruction" (Glen Jacobs and Kim Wilcox) "Washington State's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST)" (Davis Jenkins)

"Assessing Developmental Assessment in Community Colleges: A Review of the Literature" (Katherine Hughes and Judith Scott-Clayton) "Best Practices in Setting Cut-Scores in Postsecondary Education" (Deanna Morgan) "One-Shot Deal: Students’ Perceptions of Assessment and Course Placement at the California Community Colleges " (Andrea Venezia, Kathy Bracco and Thad Nodine) "Replacing Remediation with Readiness" (David Conley)

"Developmental Education Outcomes" (Thomas Bailey) "Does Remediation Work for All Students? How the Effects of Postsecondary Remedial and Developmental Courses Vary by Level of Academic Preparation" (Bridget Terry Long and Angela Boatman) "The Role of State Policy in Improving Outcomes in Developmental Education" (Michael Collins)

Developmental Education: What Policies and Practices Work for Students? Weak academic preparation impedes achievement in higher education for millions of young people. Colleges address this problem by providing developmental education programs designed to strengthen students’ skills so they can successfully complete college-level courses. Too often these programs are not very effective in helping students overcome weaknesses. At the same time, increasing numbers of colleges and states are experimenting with innovations to help more underprepared students succeed. NCPR’s national conference on developmental education, on September 23rd and 24th, 2010, presented the latest high-quality research on developmental education, providing a solid basis for future practice, policy, and continued study.

Developmental Education: What Policies and Practices Work for Students? Weak academic preparation impedes achievement in higher education for millions of young people. Colleges address this problem by providing developmental education programs designed to strengthen students’ skills so they can successfully complete college-level courses. Too often these programs are not very effective in helping students overcome weaknesses. At the same time, increasing numbers of colleges and states are experimenting with innovations to help more underprepared students succeed. NCPR’s national conference on developmental education, on September 23rd and 24th, 2010, presented the latest high-quality research on developmental education, providing a solid basis for future practice, policy, and continued study.

2010 National Conference Developmental Education: What Policies and Practices Work for Students? "Developmental Education Outcomes" (Thomas Bailey) "Does Remediation Work for All Students? How the Effects of Postsecondary Remedial and Developmental Courses Vary by Level of Academic Preparation" (Bridget Terry Long and Angela Boatman) The Role of State Policy in Improving Outcomes" (Michael Collins)