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Thomas S. Dee; Elizabeth Huffaker – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
The pivotal role of Algebra in the educational trajectories of U.S. students continues to motivate controversial, high-profile policies focused on when students access the course, their classroom peers, and how the course is taught. This random-assignment partnership study examines an innovative district-level reform--the Algebra I…
Descriptors: Algebra, Grade 9, Student Placement, Scores
Cuellar Mejia, Marisol; Rodriguez, Olga; Johnson, Hans – Public Policy Institute of California, 2020
Until recently, the vast majority of California's community college students--hundreds of thousands of students each year--started in remedial courses that slowed down or halted their academic progress. Attrition was high, particularly for Latino and African American students. After years of important but piecemeal reforms, in 2017 a landmark law…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Placement
Willett, Terrence; Hayward, Craig; Newell, Mallory – RP Group, 2018
California Assembly Bill (AB) 705 authored by Irwin and passed on October 13, 2017, requires colleges to "maximize the probability that a student will enter and complete transfer-level coursework in English and math within a one-year timeframe" and use high school background data in placement processes. To implement this new law and…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average, Statistics Education