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Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR)

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July 2014–December 2025

The Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR) conducts research to document the progress in developmental education reform across the United States and to rigorously evaluate the effects of innovative assessment and instructional practices on student success. Housed at CCRC, the center is operated in collaboration with social policy research organization MDRC. For more information, visit postsecondaryreadiness.org.

The center is supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305C140007 and Grant R305U200010 to Teachers College, Columbia University, with additional funding from Education Commission of the States, Ascendium Education Group, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Publications

February 2025

Strategies for Scaling Multiple Measures Assessment: Lessons from Arkansas

November 2024

Lessons on Scaling Corequisites: The City University of New York’s Transition From Prerequisite to Corequisite Academic Support

March 2024

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

October 2023

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

October 2023

The Long-Term Effects of Multiple Measures Assessment at SUNY Community Colleges

September 2023

Lessons from the Dana Center’s Corequisite Research Design Collaborative Study

October 2022

Five Principles for Reforming Developmental Education: A Review of the Evidence

August 2022

The Next Phase of Placement Reform: Moving Toward Equity-Centered Practice

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

January 2021

Implementing and Scaling Multiple Measures Assessment in the Context of COVID-19

October 2020

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

November 2019

Gaining Ground: Findings From the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways Impact Study

November 2019

The Changing Landscape of Developmental Education Practices: Findings From a National Survey and Interviews with Postsecondary Institutions

August 2019

Early Outcomes of Texas Community College Students Enrolled in Dana Center Mathematics Pathways Prerequisite Developmental Courses

July 2019

How and Why Higher Education Institutions Use Technology in Developmental Education Programming

March 2019

Re-Envisioning College Readiness Reforms

March 2019

Modernizing College Course Placement by Using Multiple Measures

October 2018

Math Pathways: Expanding Options for Success in College Math

September 2018

Multiple Measures Placement Using Data Analytics: An Implementation and Early Impacts Report

February 2018

Developmental Education: An Introduction for Policymakers

September 2017

College Placement Strategies: Evolving Considerations and Practices

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Presentations

August 2024
August 07, 2024

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

October 2023
October 25, 2023

The Latest CAPR Research on Developmental Education Reforms: Implications for Policy and Practice

April 2021
April 08, 2021

Multiple Measures Assessment and Placement: Getting Started

August 2020
August 17, 2020

Evaluation of a Multiple Measures Placement System Using Data Analytics

April 2019
April 06, 2019

Paving the Way to Better Higher Education Outcomes: Findings From the Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness

March 2019
March 25, 2019

Improving Student Placement Using Multiple Measures Assessment

March 2019
March 07, 2019

Developmental Education Reform to Improve Student Outcomes: Findings From Four Evaluations

February 2019
February 26, 2019

Improving Developmental Education: Multiple Measures and Math Pathways

February 2019
February 24, 2019

Multiple Measures Assessment: Two Studies on Implementation and Early Impacts

April 2018
April 29, 2018

Developmental Education Reform: Early Findings From CAPR

March 2018
March 20, 2018

Student Assessment and Placement Systems: Initial Outcomes From an RCT

February 2018
February 22, 2018

Technology Use in Developmental Education: Experiences, Challenges, and Decision Making

January 2018
January 22, 2018

Emerging Student Assessment and Placement Systems

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October 2018
October 04, 2018

Nikki Edgecombe

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