Basic Skills as a Foundation for Success in the California Community Colleges (Poppy Copy)

This study identified effective practices in basic skills programs and had three major components:

1. An extensive review of the literature related to basic skills practices, as well as an overview of examples of strategies employed by 33 California community colleges and nine out-of-state institutions.
2. A self-assessment tool which allowed colleges to reflect on how their current practices fit with the findings from the literature regarding known effective practices for basic skills students.
3. A cost/revenue model for developmental education programs that provided a way to explore the incremental revenues that can be derived over time from such programs.

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Project Team Information

Lead(s): Deborah Boroch

Team Member(s): Dr. Rose Asera, Dr. Robert Gabriner, Laura Hope, Robert Johnstone, Pamela Mery, Bruce Smith

Funder(s):
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, with USA Funds