Prior gateway course success rates averaged 66 percent with a 14-point gap for students of color¶

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Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2025: baselines and conditions change

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q2 i? Prior-year success rates for the 41 redesigned courses ranged from 39 to 90 percent (weighted average 66 percent), and students of color averaged 61 percent, 14 points below white and Asian students in the same courses. → Digital Promise 2020

Evidence¶

Digital Promise 2020¶

Digital Promise. (2020). Every Learner Everywhere and Lighthouse Institutions: First-Year Experiences. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/abf8db78-dc7a-4f4f-b06a-b00d1bda63e8 doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/99

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Analysis of institutional research office data for the 41 fall 2019 pilot courses. For students of color, "we found an average course success rate of 61 percent for these 41 courses," and the average difference versus white and Asian students was 14 percent (Figure 1).

"Prior course success rates varied considerably across the courses identified for redesign, ranging from 39 percent to 90 percent with a weighted average of 66 percent."

Discussion¶

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