A New Approach for Mathematics

In this Steps to Success paper, we learn how the University System of Georgia (USG) is leveraging compelling results from corequisite supports to maintain momentum in their developmental education reforms. Early results from the full-scale implementation of corequisite support have shown upward of 70% of students completing gateway math and English in their first academic year, which is comparable to outcomes for students placed directly into college-level math and English courses. Students placed into corequisite support earned more credits and were more likely to persist than students who started in developmental education.

In this Steps to Success paper, we see how LaGuardia Community College responded to a long-standing crisis in the math remediation approach to bring transformative change to scale via the math co-requisite project. Designed to achieve the same learning objectives as their standalone college-level counterparts, their model uses a single course structure with extended instructional time, allowing for integrated just-in-time support for basic skills material.

In this Steps to Success paper, we see how legislation has led to significant systemwide changes in advising as part of Florida’s developmental education reform.