Literacy Education After High School
This article provides information on two major settings for literacy education for adults: adult basic education and community college remedial programs.
The Location of Developmental Education in Community Colleges: A Discussion of the Merits of Mainstreaming vs. Centralization
This article discusses mainstreaming and centralization, two ways in which community colleges organize developmental education.
Repetition and the Informational Writing of Developmental Students
This journal article discusses a study that investigated the effects of task repetition on the writing skills of upper level developmental reading students.
Promising Approaches for Remediation
The journal article describes CCRC’s case study research on remediation, which shows that there is more to remediation than traditional developmental education programs.
From Black Box to Pandora’s Box: Evaluating Remedial/Developmental Education

This report offers insight into how research evaluating the effectiveness of remedial education can be improved to shed light on how these programs can be improved.