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Who Benefited More from the Developmental Education Reform in Florida? The Role of Exemption Status
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Zhao, Kai; Mokher, Christine G.; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – AERA Open, 2022
Under Florida's developmental education (DE) reform since 2014, recent public high school graduates and active-duty military personnel became exempt from DE and traditional placement tests. The legislation also required colleges to provide accelerated instruction strategies for students remaining in DE and offer enhanced advising and support…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Community Colleges, Student Placement
Examining the Impacts of Florida's Developmental Education Reform for Non-Exempt Students: The Case of First-Year English and Math Course Enrollment and Success
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Zhao, Kai; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Mokhe, Christine G.; Hu, Shouping – Community College Review, 2022
Objective: In 2014, Florida implemented Senate Bill 1720 (SB 1720), which drastically reshaped developmental education practices across the 28 public state colleges. Under the reform, around two-thirds of students became exempt from developmental education. Yet, many students were still required to take the placement test. If they scored below…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, State Colleges, College Students
Student Self-Determination Following Developmental Education Reform in Florida's Community Colleges
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Brower, Rebecca L.; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Hu, Shouping; Park-Gaghan, Toby J. – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background: This multiple case study explores the self-determination needs of academically underprepared students. The context for our study was a sweeping redesign of developmental education (DE) in Florida's community colleges, state-level legislation Senate Bill 1720 (SB 1720), which made DE optional for many students. Purpose of Study: The…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Two Year College Students
Student Self-Determination Following Developmental Education Reform in Florida's Community Colleges
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Brower, Rebecca L.; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Hu, Shouping; Park-Gaghan, Toby J. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Background: This multiple case study explores the self-determination needs of academically underprepared students. The context for our study was a sweeping redesign of developmental education (DE) in Florida's community colleges, state-level legislation Senate Bill 1720 (SB 1720), which made DE optional for many students. Purpose of Study: The…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Two Year College Students
Accelerating to Success: The Impact of Florida's Developmental Education Reform on Credit Accumulation
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Mokher, Christine G.; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: Underprepared students at community colleges are often assigned to a sequence of developmental education courses that can substantially delay, or even halt, their progress to degree completion. In 2014, Florida implemented a comprehensive reform under Senate Bill (SB) 1720 that allowed the majority of incoming students to…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Instruction, Educational Change
Accelerating to Success: The Impact of Florida's Developmental Education Reform on Credit Accumulation
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Mokher, Christine G.; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – Grantee Submission, 2020
Background/Context: Underprepared students at community colleges are often assigned to a sequence of developmental education courses that can substantially delay, or even halt, their progress to degree completion. In 2014, Florida implemented a comprehensive reform under Senate Bill (SB) 1720 that allowed the majority of incoming students to…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, College Credits, Community Colleges
What Happens to Efficiency and Equity? The Cost Implications of Developmental Education Reform
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Mokher, Christine G.; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – Research in Higher Education, 2021
Florida passed legislation in 2013 that exempted many students from developmental education, and required colleges to implement new instructional modalities for optional developmental education courses. This paper uses an economic model of remediation to examine how changes in college course taking before and after the reform altered costs to…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Equal Education, Costs, Developmental Studies Programs
What Happens to Efficiency and Equity? The Cost Implications of Developmental Education Reform
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Mokher, Christine G.; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – Grantee Submission, 2020
Florida passed legislation in 2013 that exempted many students from developmental education, and required colleges to implement new instructional modalities for optional developmental education courses. This paper uses an economic model of remediation to examine how changes in college course taking before and after the reform altered costs to…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Equal Education, Costs, Developmental Studies Programs