{"id":15572,"date":"2012-12-13T11:35:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T16:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=15572"},"modified":"2012-12-13T12:07:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T17:07:50","slug":"report-college-remedial-system-needs-a-major-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/12\/13\/report-college-remedial-system-needs-a-major-overhaul\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: College Remedial System Needs A Major Overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15574\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 211px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/12\/13\/report-college-remedial-system-needs-a-major-overhaul\/12-13-failroad\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15574\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15574\" title=\"12-13 FailRoad\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/12\/12-13-FailRoad-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/12\/12-13-FailRoad-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/12\/12-13-FailRoad.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">fireflythegreat \/ Flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The college remedial system is not preparing students for college level work and is a major impediment to earning a degree, according to a new report.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A new report says college remedial education programs are not working, often have no bearing on a student&#8217;s field of study and should be scrapped.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.completecollege.org\/docs\/Remediation_Joint_Statement-Embargo.pdf\">researchers from Complete College America argue<\/a>, most students should have to take a set of core classes to prepare them for college. These courses should match up with the knowledge needed in the students chosen field of study &#8212; particularly math.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The research is clear: Remedial education as it is commonly designed and delivered is not the aid to student success that we all hoped,&#8221; the report says. &#8220;It is time for policymakers and institutional leaders to take their cue from new research and emerging evidence-based practices that are leading the way toward a fundamentally new model of instruction and support for students who enter college not optimally prepared for college-level work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>StateImpact Florida and the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting have been looking at remedial education at Florida colleges<a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/tag\/13th-grade\/\"> in a series of stories this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The report notes that the majority of students who wind up in remedial classes never even finish those required courses &#8212; and just 25 percent finish their studies.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers say most students could have earned a passing grade in their proposed gateway classes and the subject matter would have been more valuable in later courses<\/p>\n<p>The Complete College America researchers also say colleges do not provide enough support outside the classroom for students in remedial classes. You&#8217;ll hear more about what Florida is doing about that issue next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report says college remedial education programs are not working, often have no bearing on a student&#8217;s field of study and should be scrapped. Instead, researchers from Complete College America argue, most students should have to take a set of core classes to prepare them for college. 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