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Reshaping the College Transition: Study of Early Assessment and Curricular Interventions

March 2012–October 2018

To ensure their students are ready for college, many high schools are using college placement tests to assess 11th and 12th graders’ skills. Some schools are also reconceiving the senior year of high school as a transition year in which the high school and the college have input into a transition curriculum with the goal of helping students avoid remediation in college.

With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CCRC has examined the goals, designs, core strategies, key players, strengths, challenges, and results associated with early assessment and transition curricula by profiling such initiatives in four states. CCRC has also evaluated the outcomes of students who participate in selected transition curricula in two states.

In a new phase of the research, funded by ECMC Foundation, CCRC will conduct a national scan to obtain detailed information on transition curriculum designs and policies. In addition to identifying curricula that improve math and English skills, the project will look at curricula to help students select a major and career.

This project is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and ECMC Foundation.

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Publications

December 2018

Math Transition Courses in Context: Preparing Students for College Success

December 2018

High School-to-College Transition Courses: A Typology of Design Choices

November 2018

English Transition Courses in Context: Preparing Students for College Success

December 2017

How States Are Implementing Transition Curricula: Results From a National Scan

December 2017

Can High School Transition Courses Help Students Avoid College Remediation? Estimating the Impact of a Transition Program in a Large Urban District

February 2017

Computer-Mediated Developmental Math Courses in Tennessee High Schools and Community Colleges: An Exploration of the Consequences of Institutional Context

March 2016

Improving the Transition to College: Estimating the Impact of High School Transition Courses on Short-Term College Outcomes

February 2016

Building Student Momentum From High School Into College

January 2016

What We Know About Transition Courses

January 2016

Implementation of High School-to-College Transition Courses in Four States

March 2015

Emerging Early College Models for Traditionally Underserved Students

January 2014

Reshaping the College Transition: Early College Readiness Assessments and Transition Curricula in Four States

January 2014

Early Assessments and Transition Curricula: What States Can Do

May 2013

Reshaping the College Transition: States That Offer Early College Readiness Assessments and Transition Curricula

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Project Lead

June 2007
June 13, 2007

Elisabeth A. Barnett

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