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Olga Rodríguez

May 2015

Calculating the Costs of Remedial Placement Testing

This publication presents findings on the costs of remedial placement testing at three colleges, and it provides guidance on how other colleges could undertake similar analyses.
September 2014

Remedial Placement Testing in Community Colleges: What Resources Are Required, and What Does It Cost?

Using detailed data from three community colleges, the authors of this study employ the ingredients method to estimate the costs to colleges and students of remedial placement systems at community college.
April 2014

Increasing Access to College-Level Math: Early Outcomes Using the Virginia Placement Test

This brief examines changes in entry-level college math enrollment and completion rates in Virginia's community colleges after the introduction of a new math placement test and placement policy.
May 2013

Access and Success With Less: Improving Productivity in Broad-Access Postsecondary Institutions

This article reviews research on what community colleges and less selective public universities can do to graduate more students at a lower cost without sacrificing access or quality.
April 2013

Tracking Student Progression Through the Core Curriculum

This publication, the second in CCRC’s Analytics series, examines the progression of community college students in transfer-oriented programs through the general education core curriculum.
August 2012

Development, Discouragement, or Diversion? New Evidence on the Effects of College Remediation

This paper finds that remediation does little to develop students' skills but does not discourage initial enrollment or persistence, except among students identified as potentially misassigned.
July 2012

Broadening the Benefits of Dual Enrollment: Reaching Underachieving and Underrepresented Students With Career-Focused Programs

The three-year study examined the outcomes of almost 3,000 students participating in eight dual enrollment programs across California.
July 2012

Bridging College and Careers: Using Dual Enrollment to Enhance Career and Technical Education Pathways

This NCPR working paper compares outcomes of students who participated in dual enrollment courses through the Concurrent Courses Initiative with those of similar students who did not participate.
June 2024

How Community Colleges Spent Pandemic Relief Funds and What’s Next

Recent Publications

May 2015

Calculating the Costs of Remedial Placement Testing

September 2014

Remedial Placement Testing in Community Colleges: What Resources Are Required, and What Does It Cost?

April 2014

Increasing Access to College-Level Math: Early Outcomes Using the Virginia Placement Test

May 2013

Access and Success With Less: Improving Productivity in Broad-Access Postsecondary Institutions

Recent Presentations

June 2024

How Community Colleges Spent Pandemic Relief Funds and What’s Next

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