ERIC Number: ED608780
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Oct
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-
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Accelerating Mathematics: Findings from the AMP-UP Program at Bergen Community College
Douglas, Daniel; McKay, Heather; Edwards, Renee
Grantee Submission
In 2015, Bergen Community College (BCC) received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education First in the World Grant Program. The grant entitled Alternatives to Mathematics Education: An Unprecedented Program (AMP-UP), was awarded to conduct a randomized control trial on a corequisite approach to developmental math education. This study was conducted by researchers at the Education and Employment Research Center (EERC) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. EERC investigated whether an accelerated delivery of developmental and college-level mathematics coursework would improve student retention, gateway course completion, credit accumulation, and degree completion over three years. The intervention group enrolled in accelerated developmental and college-level coursework; those in the group who placed into developmental arithmetic also participated in a self-paced Summer Bridge program. The comparison group followed the college's usual developmental mathematics sequence, generally enrolling in their first math course in the Fall term of their first year. The study found that both groups enrolled in a similar number of terms over three years. But in that period, intervention group students were 13 percentage points more likely to complete a developmental mathematics course and 30 percentage points more likely to complete a college-level mathematics course. The intervention group also earned 5.1 more credits and was 8 percentage points more likely to complete a degree in the study period. [This report was published by Rutgers' Education and Employment Research Center at the School of Management and Labor Relations.]
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: New Jersey
Grant or Contract Numbers: P116F150138
What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards without Reservations
WWC Study Page: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Study/90306