Test Drive: Six States Pilot Better Ways to Measure and Compare Community College Performance Increasing demand for at least some postsecondary education in today’s labor market has met with stagnating college completion rates. As a…
Power Tools: Designing State Community College Data and Performance Measurement Systems to Increase Student Success Across higher education, there is growing interest in strengthening state data and performance measurement systems that track and make visible…
State Systems of Performance Accountability for Community Colleges: Impacts and Lessons for Policymakers This Achieving the Dream policy brief examines questions about state performance accountability systems in higher education, focusing on community college systems. This…
Heavy Lifting: The State Capacities Required for Scaled Developmental Education Reform For state policymakers, developmental education is an increasing target of reform. It’s proven to be a significant obstacle for students, particularly low-income young people…
Cornerstones of Completion: State Policy Support for Accelerated, Structured Pathways to College Credentials and Transfer After a year of intensive data analysis and planning, the colleges participating in Completion by Design announced strategies for creating…
Where to Begin? The Evolving Role of Placement Exams for Students Starting College Research has cast doubt on the validity of using placement tests to determine if incoming students are college ready, and the nation…
Statewide Aid Policies to Improve College Access and Success To meet its goal of producing the best-educated citizenry and workforce in the nation, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education has identified five key outcomes that…
Innovation at Scale: How Virginia Community Colleges Are Collaborating to Improve Developmental Education and Increase Student Success The state of Virginia—like nearly every state and, indeed, many countries—has turned its attention to helping more students…
Testing Ground: How Florida Schools and Colleges Are Using a New Assessment to Increase College Readiness In order to improve college completion rates, state governments and institutions must focus on the large proportion of students…