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Direct linkFederick Ngo; Dan Cullinan – MDRC, 2022
While most community colleges admit all students who apply for admission, the vast majority have required students to demonstrate specified levels of literacy and numeracy before they can take college-level courses. Typically, students have been assessed using a single placement test, such as the College Board's ACCUPLACER. Colleges--or sometimes…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Placement, School Readiness, Placement Tests
Download full textCullinan, 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
