Remedial Testing and Placement in Community Colleges

Horn, Catherine; McCoy, Zoë; Campbell, Lea; Brock, Cheryl

doi:10.1080/10668920802662412

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“…Because all sample sizes are not small, a z test for each effect size can be given by the effect size ÷ standard error. Horn et al (2009) did not report the standard error for the regression coefficient but did report that the coefficient's p value was less than .05 (but presumably larger than .01); 0.216 is the standard error that yields p = .011. The model without covariates has a standard error of 0.245 so 0.216 does seem reasonable.…”

Section: Degree Attainmentmentioning

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What Happens to Students Placed Into Developmental Education? A Meta-Analysis of Regression Discontinuity Studies

Valentine

Konstantopoulos²,

Goldrick‐Rab

2017

Review of Educational Research

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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: (a) the probability of passing the college-level course in which remediation was needed, (b) college credits earned, and (c) attainment. Several sensitivity analyses suggest these results are not a function of particular stylized studies or the choices made in assembling the metaanalytic database. Two exploratory moderator analyses suggest that the negative effects of placement into developmental education are stronger for university students than for community college students and worse for students placed in reading or writing than in math. This work can inform debate and research on postsecondary policies and on alternative mechanisms for ensuring that college students have the skills needed to meet their goals.

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Section: Degree Attainmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

What Happens to Students Placed Into Developmental Education? A Meta-Analysis of Regression Discontinuity Studies

Valentine

Konstantopoulos²,

Goldrick‐Rab

2017

Review of Educational Research

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“…Currently, approximately 40 percent of all undergraduate students across the country enroll in a remedial course at some point in their college career (Attewell et al, 2006;Bettinger & Long, 2005;Horn et al, 2009;Illich et al, 2004;Waycaster, 2001).…”

Section: Cost Of Remediationmentioning

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Alignment study of Kentucky's mathematics placement examinations and entry level credit-bearing mathematics course examinations.

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Project DAVES: An exploratory study of social presence, e-mentoring, and vocational counseling support in community college courses

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Galizio

2012

The Internet and Higher Education

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Remedial Testing and Placement in Community Colleges

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

What Happens to Students Placed Into Developmental Education? A Meta-Analysis of Regression Discontinuity Studies

What Happens to Students Placed Into Developmental Education? A Meta-Analysis of Regression Discontinuity Studies

Alignment study of Kentucky's mathematics placement examinations and entry level credit-bearing mathematics course examinations.

Project DAVES: An exploratory study of social presence, e-mentoring, and vocational counseling support in community college courses

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