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Direct linkValentine, Jeffrey C.; Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Goldrick-Rab, Sara – Review of Educational Research, 2017
This article reports a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that use regression discontinuity to examine the effects of placement into developmental education. Results suggest that placement into developmental education is associated with effects that are negative, statistically significant, and substantively large for three outcomes:…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Developmental Studies Programs, Student Placement, Outcomes of Education
Kruse, Heather L. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The researcher for this evaluative study investigated the efficacy and impact of the iStartSmart college success course by examining the first-term retention, fall-to-fall persistence, and three-year completion rates of community college students who enrolled in the one- or three-credit course at a community college in Arizona and the rates of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Improvement Programs, Success
Secolsky, Charles; Krishnan, Sathasivam; Judd, Thomas P. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2013
The community colleges in the state of New Jersey went through a process of establishing statewide cut-off scores for English and mathematics placement tests. The colleges wanted to communicate to secondary schools a consistent preparation that would be necessary for enrolling in Freshman Composition and College Algebra at the community college…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Cutting Scores, Community Colleges, Algebra
