Resource Library
Strong Start to Finish disseminates a variety of resources including research papers and “how-to” documents to practitioners in the field as they work to implement reforms. Here, you’ll find some of our collective knowledge.
Points of Interest
Improving Gateway Course Completion
November 4, 2020
Dan Cullinan
This Points of Interest shows that placing students directly into gateway courses improves their rates of gateway course completion, regardless of the placement method.
Policy Report
A New Era of Student Access at California’s Community Colleges
November 1, 2020
Hans Johnson, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Olga Rodriguez
Points of Interest
Role of College Decisions in Multiple Measures
October 28, 2020
Elizabeth Kopko
This Points of Interest shows that college decisions influence the impact multiple measures systems can have on student outcomes, and that colleges should consider cut scores that allow more students into college-level courses.
People in the Reform
People in the Reform: Dr. Kim Hunter Reed
October 27, 2020
Alison Kadlec, Ashmi Patel
A conversation with Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education, about how her family's generational legacy of education advancement continues to fuel her passion for opening opportunities for Louisiana students through higher education.
Points of Interest
Course Completion and Multiple Measures
October 21, 2020
Elizabeth Kopko
This Points of Interest shows that students placed by multiple measures are more likely to complete college-level math and English courses than students placed by a single test system, and the positive impacts on completion rates are greatest in the first term.
Points of Interest
Adult Students’ Success in Corequisites
October 14, 2020
Vilan Odekar
This Points of Interest shows that adult students complete gateway courses at higher rates when placed in corequisite courses than when placed in traditional developmental courses.
Points of Interest
Increase in Pell Student Completion Rates
October 7, 2020
Vilan Odekar
This Points of Interest shows that Pell Grant students are more likely to complete gateway courses in one academic year when placed in a corequisite course.
Points of Interest
Corequisites Most Effective in Georgia
September 30, 2020
Bruce Vandal, Robert Tucker Todd
This Points of Interest shows that students placed in a single semester corequisite learning support are more likely to complete gateway math and English courses than students placed into a two semester learning support model.
Steps to Success
Scaling Systemwide
September 29, 2020
Bruce Vandal, Robert Tucker Todd
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.
