There are six states participating in the Developmental Education Initiative:
Connecticut
Florida
North Carolina
Ohio
Texas
Virginia
Some policy levers and possible state actions include:
Identifying obstacles to completion, factors that correlate with student success, and high and low performing institutions to inform statewide goals for community colleges.
Phasing in common statewide placement standards and aligning remedial work with credit-bearing courses to accelerate progress toward degree completion.
Collaborating with K-12 systems to reduce the need for remedial education.
Using state-level data systems to track student outcomes in remedial courses.
Developing performance-based funding systems that would reward community colleges for helping students progress through remedial education and subsequent college-level courses.
Instituting performance incentives to reward colleges for helping more students advance through remedial education courses.