AB705 – Pullias Center

The Logics that Keep Developmental Education Alive in an Age of Reform – Working Paper

Cheryl D. Ching, Elif Yücel, Federick Ngo, Tatiana Melguizo (2022) Developmental education (DE) reform is a national phenomenon. Across the country,policymakers, reform networks, advocacy groups, philanthropic organizations, and others havecalled for fundamental changes in how institutions of higher education prepare students forcollege work (Jaggars & Bickerstaff, 2018). Community colleges are critical to this projectbecause of their outsized role in providing […]

Pullias Center Invitational Conference Highlights Key Successes and Challenges of AB705 Implementation in LACCD

By Sheryl MacPhee The 3rd annual USC/LACCD Research-Practice Partnership Conference on AB705 brought together more than 50 researchers, faculty, staff, and administrators. Taking place in December 2021, the purpose of this year’s conference was to engage practitioners in a discussion of key findings from the implementation of AB 705 in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). More than 50 […]

AB705 Implementation in the Los Angeles Community College District: Results from a District-Wide Survey

Tatiana Melguizo, Federick Ngo, Cheryl Ching, Elif Yücel, Elise Swanson, Deborah L. Harrington Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022) The Pullias Center for Higher Education, as part of the USC-LACCD Research-Practice Partnership (RPP), is conducting a mixed-methods evaluation of Assembly Bill 705 (AB705) focused on how community college practitioners are implementing this landmark policy, which directs all 116 community colleges […]

AB705 Study and New Report Examines Implementation Progress to Date in Los Angeles Community College District

February 15, 2022February 17, 2022 rmichelman AB705, Math equity, Pullias Voices AB705 community college equity tatiana melguizo

By Tatiana Melguizo The California Community Colleges (CCC) constitute the key entry point to college for the large majority of Black, Latina/o/x, and Indigenous populations as well as low-income students. As such, it is critical that they provide high-quality instruction along with a robust set of academic and wrap-around supports necessary for the students to fulfill their educational potential and […]

Progress and Potential: Considering the Question of Racial Equity in CA AB705

Melguizo, T., Cooper, S., Kurlaender, M., Bensimon, E.M. Pullias Center for Higher Education (2020) California’s movement toward ending remedial education in community colleges through Assembly Bill 705 employs the power of policy as a means for racial justice. It is amply documented that Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students have for many years been disproportionately placed in remedial English and Mathematics […]

Pullias Researchers Examine English Misalignment of Former English Learners in California Community Colleges

May 26, 2021 pulliasadmin Uncategorized AB705 community college tatiana melguizo

Lost Transitions: The Cost of Inter-sector Misalignment for English Learners in Community Colleges, a new brief from the Pullias Center examines findings from the center’s study of community college students with a native language other than English who built proficiency in English through special support in K-12 public schools. That study showed more than 70% of all college-ready students in […]

Lost Transitions: The Cost of Inter-sector Misalignment for English Learners in Community Colleges

Melguizo, T., Flores, S.M., Velasquez, D., & Carrol, T Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021) A brief from the Pullias Center examining findings from the center’s study of community college students with a native language other than English who built proficiency in English through special support in K-12 public schools. Using student records from a large urban school district and […]

Tatiana Melguizo: Charting a Path Away from Developmental Education Starts in California

January 21, 2021 pulliasadmin Math equity, Pullias Voices AB705 math equity student success tatiana melguizo

The Pullias Center’s Tatiana Melguizo discusses her research team’s dive into California’s historic AB705 legislation and why community colleges across the country should pay attention. The California community college system has had to deal with two major developments in the past two years. First, the state passed Assembly Bill 705 (AB705), which required colleges to place students directly in transfer-level […]

Pullias Center Hosts Invitational Conference on Implementation of AB705

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 pulliasadmin Math equity, Pullias News AB705 math equity

A group of researchers, policymakers, program officers, and advisory board members met in December 2020 to discuss research studies on the implementation of AB705. In January 2018, California passed AB705, a bill that requires community colleges to maximize the probability that a student will enter and complete transfer-level coursework in English and math within a one-year timeframe. In the past, […]

Math Equity Convening Tackles Tough Questions Around AB705 Implementation

January 14, 2020January 19, 2020 pulliasadmin Math equity, Pullias News AB705 math equity math pathways tatiana melguizo

In December, 2019, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners gathered at the University of Southern California for a full-day Math Equity Convening hosted by The Pullias Center for Higher Education and facilitated by the center’s own Dr. Tatiana Melguizo to discuss developmental education policies in Los Angeles community colleges and how colleges can successfully adapt to the new demands of AB705 governing […]