FastStart | Completion by Design

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	Title	Value	First Author	Year	Resource Type
Expand	2010 Follow-Up of Community College of Denver FastStart Program	0	Bragg, D.	2010	Research
	To accelerate students’ completion of remedial courses and eligibility for college-level courses, the Community College of Denver developed FastStart, a program that compresses delivery of remedial content by combining multiple levels of courses and includes additional support through a learning-community approach, a college success course, a case manager, and wrap-around services. This study examines the progress of FastStart students over two to three years, tracking completion rates of remedial courses, math and English gatekeeper courses, and two-year degrees, as well as transfer and retention rates
Expand	Accelerating Remedial Math Education: How Institutional Innovation and State Policy Interact	0	Biswas, R.	2007	Policy
	While some colleges have begun experimenting with alternative delivery and design of remedial courses, institutions are guided (and sometimes limited) by systems and state policies that often reinforce the traditional design and delivery and make reform difficult. This policy brief draws on the examples from three community colleges to explore the impact of state and system policies on school-level efforts to reform developmental math curricula.
Expand	FastStart at Community College of Denver	0	Community College of Denver		Web site
	FastStart is a program with a holistic approach designed to accelerate students through multiple semesters of developmental coursework. The program is based on research showing that students who need multiple developmental courses are at a greater risk of dropping out of college before completing degrees or certificates. This site provides an overview of CCD's program including details and guidance on getting started.
Expand	Increasing Postsecondary Success: Lessons from Community College Innovations	0	Baker, E.	2010	Presentation
	This PowerPoint presentation from the American Youth Policy Forum on Increasing Postsecondary Success highlights the FastStart and College Connection accelerated programs, briefly describing key program components, student profiles, and course completion rates. The FastStart model compresses two to four semesters of developmental math or English courses into a single semester in a program that includes wrap-around services for students, while College Connection’s intensive eight-week or one-semester bridge program provides academic, emotional, and logistical support services to recent high school graduates and GED recipients.
Expand	The Developmental Education Initiative: State Policy Framework & Strategy	0	JFF	2010	Report
	In the current developmental education model, few students who start more than one level below college proficiency ever complete their developmental education requirements. This report discusses the role of state policy in six Achieving the Dream states, presenting a framework that identifies the highest-impact policy levers for improving developmental education delivery and outcomes. The framework addresses three major components: a data-driven improvement process, a state-level innovation investment strategy, and policy supports for innovation and scale-up of effective practices.