Research Projects
May 2009–July 2013
This study explored factors affecting students’ patterns of progression from developmental education through introductory college-level or “gatekeeper” math and English courses.
May 2009–February 2013
CCRC partnered with MDRC in its evaluation of the Developmental Education Initiative, part of Achieving the Dream.
May 2009–July 2013
Using student record data from City University of New York (CUNY) community colleges, CCRC examined developmental assessment and placement policies and programmatic interventions.
July 2011–June 2017
A federal center that operated from 2011 to 2017, CAPSEE conducted research on the employment and earnings benefits associated with a broad range of postsecondary education pathways.
May 2009–May 2013
Each paper in this series synthesizes evidence from the research literature to draw conclusions on a particular topic and provide recommendations to practitioners, policymakers, and researchers.
May 2009–July 2013
CCRC conducted several studies on the entry assessments used by community colleges to assign students to remedial or college-level courses.
May 2009–December 2012
CCRC conducted studies of two accelerated developmental education programs: FastStart at the Community College of Denver and the accelerated English program at Chabot College in California.
July 2006–June 2012
NCPR was a partnership that included CCRC, MDRC, the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, and faculty at Harvard University.
March 2011–April 2014
This research and implementation project examined how instructional innovation in developmental education can enhance students’ learning and persistence.
July 2011–December 2014
This study examined how different kinds of state performance funding programs have been implemented in Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee.
October 2010–September 2011
Using longitudinal data, this study provided a quasi-experimental examination of the effects of the Federal Work-Study program on student achievement, persistence, and completion.
May 2011–February 2016
CCRC was a national technical assistance team partner organization in Completion by Design, which worked with colleges in four states to increase college completion rates.
September 2010–August 2013
CCRC collaborated with Macomb Community College to identify and address complexities in the institutional system that create confusion or pose other challenges to students.
October 2010–April 2011
CCRC researchers participated in the U.S. Department of Education's White House Summit on Community College and a subsequent virtual symposium.
January 2010–July 2010
CCRC conducted multivariate analyses of the effects of participating in the Community College of Baltimore County's Accelerated Learning Program for upper level developmental writing students.
May 2009–July 2013
CCRC evaluated the I-BEST program model, which pairs basic skills and career–technical instructors in the classroom so that students gain basic and occupational skills simultaneously.
February 2010–April 2013
With the Institute for Higher Education Leadership, CCRC is leading an evaluation of the Student Achievement Initiative, a policy to reward colleges for improvements in student achievement.
August 2008–March 2012
CCRC completed a three-year study on the role of associate degrees in preparing graduates for information technology (IT) jobs in the Seattle and Detroit labor markets.
March 2008
CCRC's paper on dual enrollment data systems and research aims to help states and districts think about and develop data systems to evaluate the outcomes of their dual enrollment programs.
January 2008–June 2012
CCRC studied the implementation and program impacts of the career-focused dual enrollment programs in California's Concurrent Courses Initiative.
