Addressing the needs of under-prepared students in higher education
Subtitle: does college remediation work?
By: Eric P. Bettinger, Bridget Terry Long.
Contributors: Long, Bridget Terry, 1973-; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11325; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11325.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Remedial teaching -- United States.; High school graduates -- United States.; College attendance -- United States.
Description: "Each year, thousands of students graduate high school academically unprepared for college.  As a result, approximately one-third of entering postsecondary students require remedial or developmental work before entering college-level courses.  However, little is known about the causal impact of remediation on student outcomes.  At an annual cost of over $1 billion at public colleges alone, there is a growing debate about its effectiveness.  Who should be placed in remediation, and how does it affect their educational progress? This project addresses these critical questions by examining the effects of math and English remediation using a unique dataset of approximately 28,000 students.  To account for selection biases, the paper uses variation in remedial placement policies across institutions and the importance of proximity in college choice.  The results suggest that students in remediation are more likely to persist in college in comparison to students with similar test scores and backgrounds who were not required to take the courses.  They are also more likely to transfer to a higher-level college and to complete a bachelor's degree"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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