State Reports on the Cost of Remedial Education...

How much are states and postsecondary systems spending on college remediation? A legitimate – yet tricky – question, and one that the Getting Past Go staff keeps hearing from our network of state folks. In...

Louisiana’s LA Grad Act Could Limit Remedial Courses at Four-year Institutions...

Joining other states, Louisiana has opened the door to making two-year colleges the primary – if not sole – provider of remedial education.  Typically, states pursue this strategy by eliminating or...

The Coexistence of Consistency and Creativity in Remedial Education Reform...

The traditional trade off in state or system policy is that the greater the level of regulation, the less freedom and flexibility institutions have to do their jobs. Our recent jam on assessment, placement and...

State Reporting on Developmental Education – An Analysis...

Getting Past Go (GPG) collected, summarized and analyzed more than 50 state and higher education system reports on developmental education, which, to our knowledge, is the most extensive effort to date on this...

The Rundown on Remedial Education — Second Issue, May 2010...

Welcome to the second issue of  The Rundown on Remedial Education from the Education Commission of the States’ Getting Past Go (GPG) Initiative. Since our last issue, remedial education has grabbed some...

Texas Responds to Students Lacking Basic Skills...

A Houston Chronicle article reports that developmental education costs $200 million-a-year in Texas. Despite this investment, relatively few students who need remedial classes go on to earn a degree. Many...
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