Resources
Achieving The DreamLumina Foundation for Education
College Spark Washington
Washington Achieving the Dream Community and Technical Colleges
Big Bend Community College
Highline Community College
Renton Technical College
Seattle Central Community College
Tacoma Community College
Yakima Valley Community College
Achieving the Dream Publications
Achieving The Dream has a wealth of Research Publications on their website:
Achieving The Dream Research
Data Notes is a monthly newsletter that presents data from the national Achieving the Dream database. Each issue focuses on a topic related to student outcomes at the Achieving the Dream colleges.
Data Notes Newsletter
SESRC-Puget Sound Publications
SESRC-Puget Sound is a division of Washington State University's Social & Economic Sciences Research Center.
An analysis of the relationship between high school courses and grades and post-secondary outcomes:
Predicting Post Secondary Success
An evaluation of the relationship between WASL tests and placement tests used by Community and Technical Colleges to place students in their Math and English courses:
Relationship Between The WASL and The Placement Tests Used by Community & Technical Colleges
An analysis of the relationship between high school math courses and enrollment in remedial math in college:
Remedial Course-Taking Patterns Among Recent High School Graduates
Who's Prepared For College Work? provides a more in-depth analysis of assumed "facts" relating to why many Washington graduates require remedial English and math at Washington's two-year colleges:
Who's Prepared For College Work? Conventional Wisdom Confirmed and Myths Debunked
Noel-Levitz Publications
This report describes the attitudes and motivations of first-year students at the very beginning of their college experience:
National Freshman Attitudes Report 2007
Persistence & Retention Publications
"Persist" was published by the JBL Associates and the ECMC Foundation; it provides several strategies to increase student persistence.
Persist: a Comprehensive Guide for Success in Higher Education
ACT published their survey findings from 386 public two-year colleges.
What Works In Student Retention? Two Year Public Colleges