Across six colleges, learning communities for developmental education students produced on average only a half-credit short-term impact on targeted-subject credits and no impact on persistence¶
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q3 i? On average, the programs produced no impact on persistence and a half-credit impact on credits earned in the targeted subject (English or mathematics). → Mayer 2013
q3 i? The programs produced no impact on credits outside the targeted subject and a half-credit effect on total credits earned. → Mayer 2013
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Mayer 2013¶
Mayer, A. K., Weiss, M. J., Visher, M. G., Sommo, C., Weissman, E., & Wathington, H. D., with Durkin, K., Fresques, H., & Teres, J. (2013). Mixed Results from Six Large Randomized Controlled Trials of Learning Communities in Community Colleges. SREE Spring 2013 Conference. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED563290
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Pooled short-term findings from five randomized trials at six colleges operating learning communities with developmental English or math, tracking students for the program semester and two follow-up semesters (Figures 1-2 show cumulative credits for the pooled developmental education sample).
"On average, these programs produced no impact on persistence, a half-credit impact on credits earned in the targeted subject (English or mathematics), no impact on credits outside that subject, and a half-credit effect on total credits earned."
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Related Claims¶
- Short-term impacts on targeted-subject credits varied by college, with Kingsborough's estimated impacts the largest — related
- A one-semester learning community program at Kingsborough Community College increased six-year degree completion by 4.6 percentage points — related
- Experimental research on developmental education is in extreme shortage, with the Kingsborough learning communities random assignment study the most well-known example — related
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