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Title:  Investigating Developmental and college-level course enrollment and passing before and after Florida's developmental education reform
Description: Beginning with 2014 fall semester, developmental education in Florida was made optional for most students. This report compares enrollment and passing rates in developmental reading, writing, and mathematics courses as well as gateway English and mathematics courses for a cohort of first-time-in-college students in fall 2014 to three cohorts of students in the fall semesters prior to 2014. Compared to prior semesters, once developmental education became optional fewer students enrolled in developmental education courses. Passing rates for developmental education courses in reading, writing, and math increased an average of 2.0 percentage points over fall 2013. More students enrolled in gateway (entry-level, college-credit bearing) courses. Gateway course passing rates declined compared to previous years, with the largest declines occurring in intermediate algebra. The proportion of the first-time-in-college fall cohort students passing a gateway course increased compared to previous years.
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Cover Date: October 2016
Web Release: October 26, 2016
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Publication #: REL 2017203
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Center/Program: REL
Associated Centers: NCEE
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Type of Product: What's Happening
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Questions: For questions about the content of this What's Happening, please contact:
Amy Johnson.