Most community college students are referred to developmental education courses to build basic skills. These students often struggle in these courses and college more broadly. CUNY Start is a prematriculation program for students assessed as having significant remedial needs. CUNY Start students delay matriculation for one semester and receive time-intensive instruction in math, reading, and writing with a prescribed pedagogy delivered by trained teachers. The program aims to help students complete remediation and prepare for college-level courses. This article describes the results of an experiment at four community colleges (n ~ 3,800). We estimate that over 3 years, including one semester that students spent in the program and two-and-a-half years after the program was complete, CUNY Start substantially increased college readiness, slightly increased credit accumulation, and modestly increased graduation rates (by increasing participation in CUNY’s highly effective Accelerated Study in Associate Programs [ASAP]).

大多数社区大学生被推荐参加发展教育课程以建立基本技能。这些学生经常在这些课程和大学中挣扎。CUNY Start是一项预科课程，面向评估为具有重大补习需要的学生。CUNY初中生将入学延迟一个学期，并接受由训练有素的老师按照规定的教学法进行的时间密集型数学，阅读和写作方面的指导。该计划旨在帮助学生完成补救并为大学水平的课程做准备。本文介绍了四所社区大学（n〜3,800）的实验结果。我们估计，在超过3年的时间里，包括学生在该计划中花费的一个学期以及该计划完成后的两年半，CUNY Start大大提高了大学入学准备，