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Nina Arshavsky; Julie A. Edmunds; Fatih Unlu; Lily Fesler – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
This mixed methods experimental study examined the impacts of the Early College High School model on students' college readiness in mathematics measured by their success in college preparatory mathematics courses in the 9th through 11th grades, and disaggregated for academically prepared and underprepared students. This study looked at the…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Readiness, Mathematics Achievement, College Preparation
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Moss, Brian G.; Yeaton, William H.; Lloyd, Jane E. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2014
Using a novel design approach, a randomized experiment (RE) was embedded within a regression discontinuity (RD) design (R-RE-D) to evaluate the impact of developmental mathematics at a large midwestern college ("n" = 2,122). Within a region of uncertainty near the cut-score, estimates of benefit from a prospective RE were closely…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Developmental Programs, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics
Cohen, Edward G.; Diamond, Arnold H. – 1975
A study of 159 students assigned to remedial algebra courses was initiated at Queensborough Community College to determine levels of improvement in algebraic skills and the effects of regular, programmed, and modular teaching methods. All students studied the same material with the following differences: (1) regular instruction used no programmed…
Descriptors: Algebra, Analysis of Covariance, College Mathematics, Community Colleges
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Haney, Bruce; Testone, Sharon – AMATYC Review, 1990
Describes a program to help students succeed in developmental mathematics courses, such as arithmetic, elementary algebra, and intermediate algebra. Provides information on program evaluation and how the program is funded. (YP)
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Course Descriptions, Developmental Studies Programs
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council. – 1988
An evaluation is presented of the remedial programs in each of New Jersey's 32 public colleges and universities. The academic outcome of full-time students entering in fall 1984 is tracked over four semesters. This analysis combines measures of the colleges' administrative efficiency in testing and enrolling students in needed remedial courses,…
Descriptors: Algebra, Basic Skills, College Programs, Developmental Studies Programs