How are Community College Students Assessed and Placed in Developmental Math? Grounding Our Understanding in Reality

Tatiana Melguizo, Holly Kosiewicz, George Prather and Johannes Bos

The Journal of Higher Education, 2014, vol. 85, issue 5, 691-722

Abstract: Examining current assessment and placement policies (A&P) used to assign students to a developmental math sequence in the Los Angeles Community College District, this study finds that faculty and administrators lack the technical expertise and resources necessary to ensure that A&P policies facilitate student success.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2014.11777345

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