Resource Library
Strong Start to Finish disseminates a variety of resources including research papers and “how-to” documents to practitioners in the field as they work to implement reforms. Here, you’ll find some of our collective knowledge.
Points of Interest
Scaling Guided Pathways Reforms
This Points of Interest highlights how providing a structured implementation process that includes tiered supports for community colleges was associated with improved credential attainment across student groups.
Points of Interest
Accelerating Placement into College Mathematics
This Points of Interest highlights how aligning expectations and policies for developmental education between K-12 and postsecondary systems, such as Tennessee SAILS program, equitably improves college readiness rates for high school graduates
Points of Interest
Redesigning Developmental Mathematics
This Points of Interest illuminates that for students in the University System of Maryland, just like in other higher education systems, accelerated developmental education and mathematics pathways improve pass rates in both developmental courses.
Points of Interest
Accelerating Improved Outcomes
This Points of Interest highlights that employing the ALP model improves course completion and student persistence rates as compared to pre-requisite models.
Policy Report
Modernizing College Course Placement by Using Multiple Measures
This report, released in collaboration with the Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, defines types of multiple measures placement systems, reviews research on how they can improve placement accuracy and help more students pass entry-level math and English courses, reveals which states use these systems and includes policy considerations.
Points of Interest
Gaining Momentum in a Program of Study
This Points of Interest shows that accelerating underprepared students into college-level coursework lowers attrition rates and propels learners to enter a program of study.
Points of Interest
The Challenges of Developmental Education
This Points of Interest highlights one of the difficulties students face when they are placed into developmental education: lack of preparation for college-level coursework.
