Research+and+Publications

==The following publications are provided as a way of exploring best practices related to the various areas of pre college study. For comments and reflections related to the posted materials, please use the discussion board on this site.==

=__ESL / EAP__= Integrated Content and Language Instruction http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/integratedcontent.html

Principles of Instructed Second Langauge Aquisition []

Steven Spurling, Sharron Seymour, Forrest Chrisman
 * Pathways and Outcomes: Tracking ESL Student Performance**

=__Pre College__= Remediation is a broken system. There's a better way -start many more students in college courses with just in time support. //Complete College America//
 * [|Remediation, Higher Education's Bridge to Nowhere]**

= [|Developmental Education: What Policies and Practices Work for Students?] = National Center for Postsecondary Research Collection of invited papers and presentations from a 2010 national conference of researchers and practitioners focused on developmental education

[|Building Pathways to Success for Low-Skill Adult Students] Building Pathways to Success for Low-Skill Adult Students: Lessons for Community College Policy and Practice from a Statewide Longitudinal Tracking Study, by David Prince and Davis Jenkins, April 2005

__ [|__The Quandaries of Basic Skills in Community Colleges__][|**:**] __ Views from the Classroom**, ** Norton Grubb, U.C. Berkeley Keep in mind that the phrase "basic skills" includes all pre-college work, in this paper.

Davis Jenkins, Cecelia Speroni, Clive Belfield, Shanna Smith Jaggars, Nikki Edgecombe
 * A Model for Accelerating Academic Success of Communityi College Remedial English Students: Is the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) Effective and Affordable? **

Thomas Baily
 * Challenge and Opportunity: Rethinking the Role and Function of Developmental Education in Community College **

**Better Together**: Maria Flynn, Jobs for the Future State policies that help or hinder community colleges in aligning adult education and academic remediation programs to better serve working adults with basic skills deficiencies.

Lloyd Bond
 * A Different Way to Think about Developmental Education: Toward Informative Assessment and a Culture of Evidence**

Elizabeth M. Zachry =__Misc__= =[|Principles and Practices of Student Success] = Selection of conclusions and recommendations based on work with colleges involved in the //Achieving the Dream// initiative
 * Promimsing Instructional Reforms in Developmental Education: A Case Study of Three Achieving the Dream Colleges**

[|Strengthening Precollegiate Education in Community Colleges] Carnegie Foundation & Hewlett Foundation: Series of summary reports and recommendations from a multi-site action-research project focused on teaching and learning in pre-collegiate mathematics and English language arts courses at 11 California community colleges

[|Aligned Expectations? A Closer Look at College Admissions and Placement Tests] Achieve, Inc. Detailed comparative analysis of a sampling of key national and state admissions and placement tests, including Accuplacer, Compass, and Washington’s own Math Placement Test

[|It’s Not About the Cut Score] Michael Collins, Jobs for the Future: Policy brief addressing a broad spectrum of issues and recommendations related to placement assessment policies, including in-depth case studies of work in 3 states around these policies (Virginia, Connecticut, and North Carolina)

[|HOW STATE POLICY CAN HELP COMMUNITY COLLEGES IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES], Michael Collins, Jobs for the Future

 **Access without Support is not Opportunity:** Cathy Engstrom and Vincint Tinto

 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%;">**Classrooms as Communities:** Vincint Tinto

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%;">Davis Jenkins, Shanna Smith Jaggars, Josipa Roksa
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%;">A Portrait of Low-Income Young Adults in Education **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%;">Promoting Gatekeeper Course Success Among Community College Students Needing Remediation **