scholarly journals Self/Portrait of a Basic Writer: Broadening the Scope of Research on College Remediation

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-114
Author(s):  
Emily Schnee ◽  
Jamil Shakoor
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2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Scott-Clayton ◽  
Olga Rodriguez

Half of all college students will enroll in remedial coursework but evidence of its effectiveness is mixed. Using a regression-discontinuity design with data from a large urban community college system, we make three contributions. First, we articulate three alternative hypotheses regarding the potential impacts of remediation. Second, in addition to credits and degree completion we examine several underexplored outcomes, including initial enrollment, grades in subsequent courses, and post-treatment proficiency test scores. Finally, we exploit rich high school background data to examine impact heterogeneity by predicted dropout risk. We find that remedial assignment does little to develop students’ skills. But we also find little evidence that it discourages initial enrollment or persistence, except for a subgroup we identify as potentially misassigned to remediation. Instead, the primary effect of remediation appears to be diversionary: students simply take remedial courses instead of college-level courses. These diversionary effects are largest for the lowest-risk students.



2006 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 886-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Attewell ◽  
David Lavin ◽  
Thurston Domina ◽  
Tania Levey




2006 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 886-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Attewell ◽  
David E. Lavin ◽  
Thurston Domina ◽  
Tania Levey


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Kane ◽  
Angela Boatman ◽  
Whitney Kozakowski ◽  
Christopher Bennett ◽  
Rachel Hitch ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Scott-Clayton ◽  
Peter Crosta ◽  
Clive Belfield
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1972 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 660
Author(s):  
Harvey S. Wiener
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