Read All About It!

We can always count on our colleagues at Jobs for the Future for the latest news. At yesterday's ATD/DEI State Policy Meeting, I learned about a few recent publications that might interest you:

• Michael Collins, Program Director at JFF, contributed to the Fall 2010 issue of the Journal of Developmental Education. Michael's piece, "Bridging the Evidence Gap in Developmental Education," looks at conflicting perspectives on current developmental education research, examines the rigor of that research, and proposes an expanded research agenda. You can download the issue table of contents and the full abstract. The Journal of Developmental Education is published by the National Center for Developmental Education at Appalachian State University and is the official publication of the National Association of Developmental Education. 
• The Community College Research Center released two new pieces in their Assessment of Evidence Series: "Assessing Developmental Assessment in Community Colleges" by Kathrine Hughes and Judith Scott-Clayton and "Reforming Mathematics Pedagogy: Evidence-Based Findings and Recommendations for the Developmental Math Classroom" by Michelle Hodara. You can read an introduction to this series here.

We'll be diving deeper into these publications--and some of the other great information shared at the ATD/DEI State Policy Meeting--in the coming weeks.


Abby Parcell is MDC's Program Manager for the Developmental Education Initiative.