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Dan Cullinan

June 2025

The Long-Term Effectiveness of Multiple Measures Assessment: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial

Using nine terms of outcomes data, this CAPR working paper presents findings from an impact study on multiple measures assessment at seven State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges.
March 2024

Access to Success: Insights for Implementing a Multiple Measures Assessment System

This CAPR report highlights the roles of key actors and of state context and policy in the implementation of multiple measures assessment (MMA) at 12 two- and four-year colleges in Arkansas and Texas. It also discusses costs and describes challenges, such as obtaining staff buy-in, managing student data, and ensuring sufficient staffing.
June 2022

Informed Self-Placement Today: An Exploratory Study of Student Outcomes and Placement Practices

This CAPR brief provides a taxonomy of various informed self-placement (ISP) systems, shares descriptive data from three colleges using ISP, and identifies important equity and access considerations for implementation.
January 2022

Lessons From Two Experimental Studies of Multiple Measures Assessment

This CAPR brief describes two recent experimental studies of multiple measures assessment, in which colleges use measures beyond placement test scores to determine students’ college readiness.
December 2021

Increasing Gatekeeper Course Completion: Three-Semester Findings From an Experimental Study of Multiple Measures Assessment and Placement

This report describes findings from a random assignment study examining the implementation, cost, and efficacy of multiple measures assessments for placing students into college-level or developmental courses.
October 2020

Who Should Take College-Level Courses? Impact Findings From an Evaluation of a Multiple Measures Assessment Strategy

This report describes impact findings from an evaluation of multiple measures assessment and placement at seven State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges.
December 2019

Expanding Access to College-Level Courses

This study uses a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of multiple measures assessment programs at five colleges in Minnesota and Wisconsin and also examines the implementation and cost of the programs.
July 2018

Toward Better College Course Placement: A Guide to Launching a Multiple Measures Assessment System

Drawing on lessons from 10 Minnesota and Wisconsin colleges that piloted multiple measures systems for placing students into developmental and college-level courses, this guide provides recommendations for other colleges interested in implementing or testing their own multiple measures systems.
January 2011

Turning the Tide: Five Years of Achieving the Dream in Community Colleges

This interim report examines the experiences of the first 26 colleges to join Achieving the Dream, which helps community colleges collect and analyze student performance data to increase student success.
August 2024

Embracing Change: A More Equitable Statewide Approach to College Placement in Arkansas

February 2019

Multiple Measures Assessment: Two Studies on Implementation and Early Impacts

January 2018

Emerging Student Assessment and Placement Systems

Recent Publications

June 2025

The Long-Term Effectiveness of Multiple Measures Assessment: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial

March 2024

Access to Success: Insights for Implementing a Multiple Measures Assessment System

June 2022

Informed Self-Placement Today: An Exploratory Study of Student Outcomes and Placement Practices

January 2022

Lessons From Two Experimental Studies of Multiple Measures Assessment

Recent Presentations

August 2024

Embracing Change: A More Equitable Statewide Approach to College Placement in Arkansas

February 2019

Multiple Measures Assessment: Two Studies on Implementation and Early Impacts

January 2018

Emerging Student Assessment and Placement Systems

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