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What Happened Following Comprehensive Developmental Education Reform in the Sunshine State? The Impact of Florida's Developmental Education Reform on Introductory College-Level Course Completion.

Authors :
Park-Gaghan, Toby J.
Mokher, Christine G.
Hu, Xinye
Spencer, Hayley
Hu, Shouping
Source :
Educational Researcher; Dec2020, Vol. 49 Issue 9, p656-666, 11p
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Florida's Senate Bill 1720 allowed many students to bypass developmental education and enroll directly in introductory college-level courses. We use an interrupted time series design to introductory college-level courses enrollment and passing rates in English and math for three cohorts of college students prereform and three cohorts postreform. Based on a cohort-by-cohort comparative analysis, we find that cohorts after the reform are more likely to enroll and pass introductory college-level courses in their 1st year of college, indicating that the reform may help to accelerate student success in college. Further, we find that Black and Hispanic students experience even greater gains in passing rates than White students, effectively narrowing the racial/ethnic achievement gap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0013189X
Volume :
49
Issue :
9
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Educational Researcher
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
147312763
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X20933876