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 will allow colleges to reflect on how their current practices fit with the findings from the literature regarding what are known to be effective practices for basic skills students.

3. A cost/revenue model for developmental education programs that provides a way to explore the incremental revenues that can be derived over time from such programs.

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Project Team Information

Lead:  Deborah Boroch

Team Member(s):  Rose Asera, Dr. Robert Gabriner, Laura Hope, Co-Director of Leading from the Middle, Robert Johnstone, Pamela Mery, Bruce Smith

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