Then, the authors divided the summed estimated or actual
remedial education enrollment numbers by the total enrollment numbers to derive the percentage of remedial enrollment by state.
There is no national standardized data on
remedial education enrollment, progress, completion, or cost.
To conduct the analysis for this report, the authors used two data sets to derive
remedial education enrollment rates.
Not exact matches
Instead of providing money based solely on
enrollment, districts that use weighted funding formulas attempt to calculate how much it takes to educate a child with certain needs, such as special
education services or
remedial help, and then distribute money to schools based on the numbers of students with those needs.
The barriers to student success are clear: low credit
enrollment, poorly designed and delivered
remedial education, overwhelming and unclear choices, and a system out of touch with the needs of students who must often balance work and family with their coursework.
The federal government can increase accountability for
remedial education by tying the receipt of federal student aid dollars to the reporting of better data on
remedial programs, including
enrollment, placement, progress, and completion rates.
Each year, nearly 70 percent of community college freshmen in Tennessee were placed in
remedial courses upon
enrollment in higher
education.
(Source: Colorado Department of Higher
Education, The Effects of Concurrent
Enrollment on the College - Going and
Remedial Education Rates of Colorado's High School Students (Denver: Colorado Department of Higher
Education, 2014).