More than half of all students enrolling in community college are placed into developmental education, the non-credit math and English courses designed to prepare students for college-level work.

A newly published statewide study, however, found that a significant percentage of Florida students had been misplaced in the developmental education system.

CNA research analyst Daniel Leeds and Florida State University’s Christine Mokher join CPRE Knowledge Hub managing editor Keith Heumiller to the discuss the study, and what their findings might say about our current approach to college placement.

Featured research: Leeds, Daniel M., and Christine G. Mokher. “Improving Indicators of College Readiness: Methods for Optimally Placing Students Into Multiple Levels of Postsecondary Coursework.” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, (November 2019).