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Stepping Up: Progression in English and Math from High School to College

February 2014

This research brief provides a high-level overview of the methodology used by the colleges participating in the Student Transcript-Enhanced Placement Study (STEPS) to explore the link between students’ high school and college performance. It shares key implications and insights resulting from the STEPS research that can be used by a broad range of community college practitioners who have a hand in defining assessment and placement policy on their campuses and/or carrying out these policies in practice. These stakeholders include leaders of college instruction and student services divisions; assessment coordinators, counselors, admissions and records staff and other student services professionals; math, English and English as a second language (ESL) faculty; and research and information technology (IT) teams.

 

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The Student Transcript-Enhanced Placement Study (STEPS) piloted and evaluated the utility of high school transcript data in predicting students' abilities to pass college-level English and/or math coursework.

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Focus Population : Basic skills students
Author: Terrence Willett, Kelley Karandjeff

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