Teams of educators working on Basic Skills, SSSP and Equity came together at the SoCal BSI Coordinator Event on May 1st at LA Harbor to discuss integrated planning and exciting new developments in placement reform. They learned not only about the new Basic Skills reporting requirements but also about the Common Assessment Initiative and emerging […]
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Just Released: RP Group Evaluation of 16 CAP Colleges
April 28, 2014, Sacramento CA — The Research and Planning Group released its evaluation of accelerated English and math pathways of 16 colleges today, finding “large and robust” increases in student completion of college-level requirements in English and math, with gains across all student demographic and socioeconomic groups and placement levels. The 16 colleges included […]
Changing Pathways: How Community Colleges are Rethinking College Readiness in Math
[su_quote cite=”Pamela Burdman” url=”http://www.learningworksca.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/LWBrief_ChangingEquations_WEB.pdf”]Together, the high proportion of community college students requiring math remediation, and the relatively low proportion who succeed in required remedial sequences, make placement in developmental math one of the single greatest barriers to college completion.[/su_quote] A must-read for community college professionals committed to student success and equity, this policy brief highlights […]
Math Pathways: Designing for Success featuring Julie Phelps
The second Math Pathways symposium, held at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, welcomed Julie Phelps, of Valencia Community College in Florida to a day of math curricular and institutional redesign from local colleges like Pierce, Pasadena City College, College of the Canyons. Over one hundred people signed up for the sold out event to both […]
