Exploiting a statewide cutoff point on the placement examination used to assign students to remedial courses in Tennessee, this study employs a regression discontinuity research design to provide causal estimates of the effects on student outcomes of recently redesigned remedial courses at three Tennessee colleges. Moreover, using data on student…

In this paper, the authors draw on empirical data from CCRC's Scaling Innovation project to examine trends in developmental education instructional reform and outline a framework for reform adoption and adaptation. The paper's findings are based on two qualitative data sources: a scan of developmental education reforms that involved changes to…

One of the challenges for educators is composing well-written, specifically stated outcomes of student learning. Developmental teacher training is a program designed to improve the effectiveness of university instructors. The program focuses on improving course methodology by guiding instructors through the development of correctly written and…

This case study tracks the application of project-based learning (PBL) during four separate college terms at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon. Each term follows a different learning community of first-term college students enrolled in a program of developmental education (DE), reading, writing, math, and college survival and success…

The career education development project presented in the report covers the period from July 1, 1972 through June 30, 1975, with approximately seven percent of the combined school populations of Muskegon and Muskegon Heights, Michigan, participating. The stratified, selected sample was comprised of one experimental group of 202 "target…

Intended as a guide to acquaint interested persons with the facts and developmental efforts surrounding the career education concept, this publication provides: (1) a definition of career education, (2) the goals and objectives of the program, (3) concepts upon which career education is based, (4) suggested action steps for developing a career…

Through Project VIGOR, the David Douglas Public School System in Portland, Oregon addressed itself to the objective of changing a conventional academically oriented general education system into one whose curriculum reflected the needs of all students from the primary through the secondary grades and including post-high school contact and…

The activities of the second year of a career education project in the South Portland School are reported in the document which covers the time period of July 1974 to June 1975. The project consisted of a career awareness component for grade levels K-6, a career orientation component for levels 7 and 8, a career exploration phase for grade 9, and…

The American Industry Project was initiated to develop and field test a secondary school curriculum which had as its central purpose the study of industry. An evaluation system was adopted to provide data for curriculum design dxecisions and to measure program effects. Three courses were developed to introduce and provide experience in utilizing…

The goal of this project was to develop and implement a program of career education in a pilot cluster of schools in Cobb County, Georgia. The approach fused aspects of vocational education, guidance, and a broad-based curriculum into a systematic and sequential effort within the elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Such an effort was…

The second interim report of the Watertown, South Dakota, public schools career development project covers the year ending September 13, 1972. This second year continued program development and implementation and began dissemination of project information. Individual development was emphasized in the elementary and junior high programs, with…

The final report, covering the time period from January 1, 1971 to June 30, 1973, summarizes an exemplary program to introduce career education into three Kansas project sites: Kansas City, Clay Center, and Lawrence, which are representative of the schools in the State. Individual reports from the project sites and from the cooperating State…

Provided in this interim report is a summary of activities relating to the Pikeville, Kentucky career education project. With specific emphasis placed on career education for the elementary grades and on occupational placement for grades 7-12, the report provides information on: (1) Goals and Objectives, (2) Project Design and Procedures, (3)…

This study reports the first year of an exemplary program at Garfield High School, Seattle, where a program of occupational skills was instituted as a regular part of the comprehensive school curriculum. First year objectives included efforts to: (1) plan and develop limited operation of vocational-technical programs, (2) establish technical…

Kirkwood Community College, with an enrollment of 4,200 full-time students, received Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) funds to address the problems of (1) the lock step nature of most of its occupational programs, (2) an attrition rate of approximately 15%, (3) once-a-year placement of graduates, (4) employer and…