The Developmental Education Initiative
State policy can play a critical role in supporting the improvement of outcomes for underprepared students. States can create policy conditions that encourage the identification, dissemination, and implementation of strategies that improve outcomes for students who test into developmental education. They can provide incentives for institutions to test and refine bold new delivery and instructional models—and to scale up what works.
The Developmental Education Initiative builds on the foundation of Achieving the Dream, adapting it to the particular challenges associated with helping students in need of developmental education move efficiently and effectively toward their postsecondary credential goals. The framework specifies the levers that state policymakers have at their disposal to support more effective ways of changing the organization and delivery of developmental education—and public expectations of individual and institutional success.
Produced by Jobs for the Future and Achieving the Dream
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