Lindsey Liu
Research Associate
Recent Publications by Lindsey Liu
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Final Report: The Implementation, Impact, and Cost Effectiveness of Developmental Education Reform in California’s Community Colleges
Developmental education (DE) has come under increasing scrutiny as researchers have identified that a) many students placed in DE would be successful if placed in college-level coursework; b) lengthy DE course sequences lead to decreased…
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The Implementation, Impact, and Cost Effectiveness of Developmental Education Reform in California’s Community Colleges, Interim Report #3
California’s Assembly Bill (AB) 705, passed in 2017 and taking effect in fall 2019, fundamentally changed the postsecondary pathways available to students entering community college in the state. The law required colleges to revise their…
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Patterns of Student Mobility Among English Learner Students in Public High Schools in Philadelphia
This study examines the mobility rates of English Learner (EL) students in the School District of Philadelphia (SDP). Student mobility refers to the process of students changing schools, either during the school year or over…
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Interim Report 2 on the Implementation, Impact, and Cost Effectiveness of Developmental Education Reform in California’s Community Colleges
For years, developmental education (DE) courses in community colleges, intended to prepare students for college-level work, often became a barrier, disproportionately impacting Black, Latino, and Indigenous students. In 2017, California aimed to address this with…
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Interim Report on the Implementation and Impact of Developmental Education Curricular Reform in California Community Colleges
This interim report examines the impact of Assembly Bill 705, a California law that reformed developmental education (DE) in community colleges. The law aimed to increase student success by reducing reliance on placement tests and…
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Exploring the Diversity and Supports for School District of Philadelphia English Learners as they Prepare to Transition to High School
In Philadelphia, the School District (SDP) is home to a diverse community of English Learners (ELs) hailing from various ethnic backgrounds, cultures, and languages. ELs are students identified through the WIDA English proficiency screener, marked…
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Costs And Quality in Virtual/Hybrid Summer Youth Employment Programming
Since 2003, Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN), a Philadelphia-based non-profit organization, has provided young people summer employment opportunities through the WorkReady program. In Spring 2020, as a result of the impact of COVID-19, PYN pivoted WorkReady…
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Recovering Credits in the School District of Philadelphia: High School Student Credit Recovery Utilization in 2018-19
PERC research is produced through collaboration between researchers from Research for Action and the School District of Philadelphia’s Office of Research and Evaluation. For more information, please visit phledresearch.org. The goal of school-year credit recovery…
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Getting Back on Track: How Off-Track Ninth Graders Progressed in Later Years of High School, Class of 2017 and 2018
PERC research is produced through collaboration between researchers from Research for Action and the School District of Philadelphia’s Office of Research and Evaluation. For more information, please visit phledresearch.org. Students who successfully transition to ninth…
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Designing for Engagement: The Experiences of Tweens in the Boys & Girls Clubs’ Youth Arts Initiative
A 2013 Wallace-commissioned report pointed to 10 principles that small, high-quality, arts-focused youth organizations appear to share. Four years later, RFA’s investigation into Wallace’s Youth Arts Initiative showed that the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), a multi-faceted…
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School Performance Profiles: Still Not the Sum of a School’s Parts
Since 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has annually published School Performance Profiles (SPPs), which assign a summative academic performance score for every traditional public and charter school in Pennsylvania by rating each school…