Developmental Summer Bridge Programs

Title:	Developmental Summer Bridge Programs
Description:	Developmental summer bridge programs provide accelerated instruction in areas where additional knowledge and skills are needed to help students succeed in higher education. They are intended to reduce the need for developmental education and allow students to begin earning college credit upon enrollment. In a recent systematic review of studies on these programs, the WWC identified one study of the impacts of developmental summer bridge programs that met WWC standards. In this study, the overall effects of developmental summer bridge programs on academic achievement, postsecondary enrollment, and credit accumulation for postsecondary students were neither statistically significant nor large enough to be considered substantively important. Therefore, the WWC determined that developmental summer bridge programs have no discernible effects on academic achievement, postsecondary enrollment, and credit accumulation for postsecondary students.
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Cover Date:	March 2015
Web Release:	March 17, 2015
Publication #:	WWC IRPE631
Center/Program:	WWC
Associated Centers:	NCEE
Authors:	WWC
Type of Product:	Intervention Report
Keywords:	Higher Education Postsecondary Education
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