Math redesign - interesting comments from NCAT

Interesting report from Carol Twigg at NCAT.  Summary here, but the whole thing is worth a read.

NCAT: Learning MarketSpace, October 2011

LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PILOT IMPLEMENTATIONS OF CHANGING THE EQUATION

Changing the Equation is a major program to engage the nation’s community colleges in a successful redesign of their remedial/developmental math sequences. Institutions participating in the program will improve student learning outcomes while reducing costs for both students and institutions using NCAT's proven redesign methodology. Each participating institution has redesigned its entire developmental math sequence--all sections of all developmental courses offered--using NCAT's Emporium Model and commercially available instructional software. Each redesign has also modularized the curriculum, allowing students to progress through the developmental course sequence at a faster pace if possible or at a slower pace if necessary, spending the amount of time needed to master the course content.