Recent studies from the Community College Research Center show that the use of a single test score for placement into Developmental Education is creating high rates of severe placement errors. Students are being both under-placed and over-placed into Math and English developmental education courses. Furthermore, less than 25% of students assigned to remediation go on to earn a community college degree or transfer to a four-year college.
During this engaging presentation, two well-respected academics in the fields of college & career readiness and community college effectiveness, and an instructor of college success and developmental education courses at a community college, discuss frameworks and other research-backed ways of thinking about how to effectively assess and teach true college and career readiness.
Questions Explored:
- What is missing from the current assessment system that is causing such high rates of error in placement and the eventual lack of student success?
- How do we define a student as being truly college and career ready?
- And then how do we assess, teach, and support readiness across a broader system of assessments?
Speakers:
- Thomas Bailey – Director, Community College Research Center
- David T. Conley - Founder and CEO, Educational Policy Improvement Center
- Amy Baldwin – Chair of College Studies, Pulaski Technical College
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