Developmental Reading, Achievement and Persistence of African American Community College Students

• Author(s): M. Eileen Morelli,
• Publisher: Universal-Publishers
• Pages: 108
• ISBN_10: 1581123027
  ISBN_13: 9781581123029
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / General , Education / Schools / Levels / Higher , Education / Multicultural Education , Education / Schools / Levels / Secondary , Education / Student Life & Student Affairs , Language Arts & Disciplines / Reading Skills , Language Arts & Disciplines / Study & Teaching , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies ,

Description:... This ex post facto study was used to compare community college transcripts of African American students who participated in a developmental reading course at a multi-campus, urban community college and those who declined to participate in the developmental reading program. The study examined 513 records to determine if participation in a developmental reading course in a community college improved achievement and persistence for African American college students. Results discuss the positive relationship of overall and third semester achievement to enrollment in a developmental reading course as shown in the student QPA. Neither enrollment in a developmental reading course nor reading level was related to persistence as measured by the number of semesters enrolled in college.