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
Overplacement in Developmental Math
May 20, 2020
Vilan Odekar
This Points of Interest shows that college-ready students, as measured by overall high school GPA, are placed into developmental math courses despite having high GPAs.
Points of Interest
Latinx Students Increase Math Success Rates
May 13, 2020
Dr. Alycia Marshall
This Points of Interest shows that a corequisite model for math instruction may improve success rates while subsequently shortening the pathway to completion for Latinx students.
Points of Interest
Returning Adult Students in Co-requisite Calculus
May 6, 2020
Vilan Odekar
This Points of Interest shows that returning adult students at UC did better in co-requisite calculus courses than students in the standalone math courses.
Points of Interest
QR a Viable Alternative to College Algebra
April 29, 2020
Vilan Odekar
This Points of Interest shows that non-STEM students have a higher success rate in an alternative gateway math course, such as Foundations of Quantitative Reasoning, than in traditional college algebra.
People in the Reform
People in the Reform: Mike Leach
April 27, 2020
Alison Kadlec, Ashmi Patel
Mike Leach, Director of the Center for Student Success at the Arkansas Community Colleges, is using decades of experience in community organizing as he works to implement developmental education reforms in Arkansas.
Podcasts
A New Approach to Mathematics: Increased Success Rates for ALL Students
April 23, 2020
Dr. Alycia Marshall, Dr. Ricardo Moena, Maxine T. Roberts
In this podcast, we learn how the University of Cincinnati has taken a new approach to math that is helping more first-year students succeed in freshman year math and beyond.
Points of Interest
Jump in College Algebra Pass Rates
April 22, 2020
Vilan Odekar
This Points of Interest shows that although most student groups experience an increase in success rates with co-requisite college algebra, black students see the biggest jump.
Steps to Success
A New Approach for Mathematics
April 20, 2020
Dr. Alycia Marshall, Dr. Ricardo Moena
In this Steps to Success paper, we learn how all students at the University of Cincinnati are seeing greater success with a new approach to mathematics that places all students directly into credit math courses while simultaneously implementing a co-requisite model in five mathematics courses (College Algebra, Precalculus, Calculus, Calculus II, Applied Calculus) and revising
a quantitative reasoning course which would now integrate co-requisite course content (Foundations of Quantitative Reasoning).
Points of Interest
Increasing Perceptions of Student Success
April 15, 2020
Vilan Odekar
This Points of Interest shows that following the passage of SB 1720, lead administrators had a more positive view on how best to help students succeed.
