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Download full textRatledge, Alyssa – MDRC, 2020
Every year, millions of college students are referred to developmental courses (also called remedial courses). Success rates in these courses are low: Fewer than half of developmental students pass the course sequences to which they were referred. Being referred to developmental education is also highly correlated with dropping out of college.…
Descriptors: Remedial Programs, Remedial Instruction, Educational Research, College Students
Cullinan, Dan; Biedzio, Dorota – MDRC, 2021
Colleges throughout the United States are evaluating the effectiveness of their strategies to place entering students into college-level or developmental education courses. Developmental, or remedial, courses are designed to advance the reading, writing, and math skills of students who are deemed academically underprepared for college-level…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Student Placement, Student Evaluation, Remedial Instruction
