ERIC Number: EJ1220010
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 35
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
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Can a College Readiness Intervention Impact Longer-Term College Success? Evidence from Florida's Statewide Initiative
Journal of Higher Education, v90 n4 p585-619 2019
In 2011, under the Florida College and Career Readiness Initiative (FCCRI), Florida made college placement testing mandatory for 11th-grade students who had scored in the midrange of its standardized 10th-grade assessment. Those with placement test scores below college-ready were assigned in 12th grade to college readiness and success (CRS courses). We use regression discontinuity analysis at assessment cutoffs and data on all public school students in Florida to examine whether the FCCRI had impacts on longer-term outcomes of postsecondary persistence, transfer, and degree completion two and three years after seamless college enrollment. We find that the statewide policy had no substantive impacts on longer-term college success, which may be attributed to underlying issues with the theory of action and challenges to implementation.
Descriptors: College Readiness, Intervention, Student Placement, Grade 11, High School Students, Standardized Tests, Scores, Grade 12, Academic Achievement, Public Schools, Outcomes of Education, College Attendance, Statewide Planning, Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Developmental Studies Programs, Career Readiness, Institutional Characteristics, Information Systems, Reading Tests, Mathematics Tests, Academic Persistence, Correlation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 11; High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 12; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305E120010