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Monica Reid Kerrigan

April 2013

A Growing Culture of Evidence? Findings From a Survey on Data Use at Achieving the Dream Colleges in Washington State

This report examines the use of data on students by faculty, administrators, and student services staff at six Washington State colleges that joined Achieving the Dream in 2006–2007.
December 2012

Progress in the First Five Years: An Evaluation of Achieving the Dream Colleges in Washington State

This report describes the progress of six colleges in implementing Achieving the Dream’s “culture of evidence” principles for institutional improvement and charts trends in student outcomes over time.
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.
March 2010

Collaborating to Create Change: How El Paso Community College Improved the Readiness of Its Incoming Students Through Achieving the Dream

This report describes how this Achieving the Dream college collaborated with the University of Texas at El Paso and 12 local independent school districts in the El Paso area to develop and bring to scale an improved process for helping high school students prepare for entry into college.
March 2009

Achieving the Dream Colleges in Pennsylvania and Washington State: Early Progress Toward Building a Culture of Evidence

This report describes the progress made by the 13 Pennsylvania and Washington State community colleges that comprise Round 3 of the Achieving the Dream initiative after planning and one year of implementation.
February 2009

Evidence-Based Decision Making in Community Colleges: Findings From a Survey of Faculty and Administrator Data Use at Achieving the Dream Colleges

Based on a survey of faculty and administrators at 41 Achieving the Dream colleges, this study examines what specific data college faculty and administrators use in their jobs and the extent to which they use data analysis to design and improve the impact of college programs and services.
January 2008

ATE Regional Centers: CCRC Final Report

This paper analyzes how effective ATE regional centers, which work with community colleges and businesses in a single region to improve technical education, have been in meeting their goals.
April 2007

Fifty States of Achieving the Dream: State Policies to Enhance Access to and Success in Community Colleges Across the United States

This report describes what policies all 50 states have in place with respect to key community college practices in three main areas: access, success, and performance accountability.
November 2006

Achieving the Dream in Connecticut: State Policies Affecting Access to, and Success in, Community Colleges for Students of Color and Low-Income Students

This report provides an audit of state policies in Connecticut affecting access to, and success in, community colleges for students of color and low-income students.
March 2006

State Policies to Achieve the Dream in Five States: An Audit of State Policies to Aid Student Access to and Success in Community Colleges in the First Five Achieving the Dream States

This report presents the findings of an audit of state policies affecting access to, and success in, community colleges in five states.

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April 2013

A Growing Culture of Evidence? Findings From a Survey on Data Use at Achieving the Dream Colleges in Washington State

December 2012

Progress in the First Five Years: An Evaluation of Achieving the Dream Colleges in Washington State

January 2011

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

March 2010

Collaborating to Create Change: How El Paso Community College Improved the Readiness of Its Incoming Students Through Achieving the Dream

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