Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR) National Survey of Developmental Education Policies and Practices, [United States], 2016 (ICPSR 37640)

Version Date: May 7, 2020

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Principal Investigator(s):
Nikki Edgecombe, Columbia University. Community College Research Center; Alexander Mayer, MDRC (Organization)

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37640.v2

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  • V1 [2020-05-05] unpublished
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Summary

The Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR) was established in 2014 through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to document current practices in developmental education and to rigorously assess the effects of innovative programs. CAPR is led by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teachers College, Columbia University, and social policy research organization MDRC.

CAPR's research includes a nationally representative survey of two- and four-year colleges. The survey is designed to help researchers and others better understand the approaches used by colleges and states to assess students' college readiness, deliver developmental instruction, and provide non-classroom-based student supports for students assessed as needing developmental education. The survey identifies emerging reform strategies, the extent to which colleges are scaling different practices, and the factors driving the adoption of these practices.

Citation

Edgecombe, Nikki, and Mayer, Alexander. Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR) National Survey of Developmental Education Policies and Practices, [United States], 2016. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-05-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37640.v2

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Funding

United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences (R305C140007), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reason for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2016

Date of Collection

2016
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Study Purpose

The survey was created to learn about the current practices in developmental education at a wide variety of colleges (public, private, 2 year institutions, 4 year institutions, etc.). The survey included questions about: institutions' developmental education practices, methods used to determine students' developmental education status, and the extent of student enrollment in different types of developmental courses.

Sample

A stratified sample of eligible institutions was randomly selected. Institutions were stratified by program length (2-year vs 4-year) and institutional control (public vs private). A small number of colleges were nonrandomly selected and added to the survey for a secondary analysis; they are indicated in the data by the ADDED_FLAG variable.

Universe

Degree-granting, undergraduate-serving Title IV US postsecondary institutions. Institutions must be broad access (either open admission or admitting 70% or more of students).

Unit(s) of Observation

Postsecondary institution

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Mode of Data Collection

Response Rates

In order to maximize response rates, survey fielding efforts focused on three types of institutions in the sample: 2-year public, 4-year public, and 4-year private nonprofit. The original randomly-drawn sample of these types of institutions totaled 1,055 institutions. 82 percent of these institutions completed the math section of the survey, and 82 percent of these institutions completed the reading and writing section of the survey. 78 percent of these institutions completed the full survey (both math and reading/writing sections). Lower rates of response were achieved for other types of colleges.

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Original Release Date

2020-05-05

Version History

2020-05-07 Documentation has been updated.

2020-05-05 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

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Notes

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