In 2010, Jobs for the Future (JFF) contracted BTW "informing change" (BTW) to conduct a study on developmental education (DevEd) practices and policies in the state of Florida. This study was undertaken with two purposes. First, JFF wanted to see what common threads could be identified among the strategies and approaches of community colleges that outperformed their peers in advancing developmental mathematics students into college-level courses. In addition to an interest in the institutional stories themselves, JFF had a second purpose in commissioning this research. JFF has served as the state policy lead for two ambitious multi-institution and multi-state community college improvement efforts in the past few years: Achieving the Dream (ATD) and the Developmental Education Initiative (DEI). This study used focus groups, interviews and supplementary data to explore the extent to which selected colleges exhibit characteristics of DevEd success and how statewide policies may contribute to strong DevEd performance in relation to these characteristics. The first part of this report is a brief on Florida's DevEd policies, as seen from the perspective of state administrators, college leaders and college staff. The second part is a set of case studies on the practices of three community colleges in Florida that were particularly successful in serving students in need of developmental math, compared to other colleges in the state during the years 2002 to 2008. Methodology for Selecting High-performing Colleges is appended. Individual sections contain exhibits and footnotes.
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- Jobs for the Future
- Education Level
- Two Year Colleges
- Location
- Florida
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- Reports - Research
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents 3
- Acknowledgements 4
- Introduction 5
- The Interaction of Practice and Policy Developmental 9
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- A Case Study of Developmental Education at Chipola College 19
- Chipola College 20
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- A Case Study of Developmental Education at the 29
- College of Central Florida 29
- College of Central Florida 30
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- A Case Study of Developmental Education at Daytona State College 41
- Daytona State College 42
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- Reference List 52
- APPENDIX A 53
- Methodology for Selecting High-performing Colleges 53
- APPENDIX A 54
