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Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705) addressed the long-standing equity issue of remediation, which keeps students – predominantly Black and Latinx students – in a cycle of spending tuition on remedial coursework (also known as below-transfer-level and pre-transfer-level courses), putting degrees and institutional transfer further out of reach.1 The law requires colleges to implement evidence-based alternative practices for supporting students, including multiple measures for assessing and placing students in transfer-level courses. The bill maximizes students’ chances of completing transfer-level math and English courses in one year: completion of transfer-level courses increased for every student group after AB 705 was passed.2 However, despite this progress, AB 705 contains critical loopholes, loopholes that continue to perpetuate the inequalities inherent to remedial courses.  \nCalifornia Community Colleges can rebuild pre-transfer-level coursework in ways that genuinely center students most disadvantaged by remediation and ensure their access to and enrollment in transfer-level courses. Further, implementing AB 705 must involve transforming long-standing systemic barriers in remedial courses that have historically harmed, and continue to harm, Black and Latinx students. As colleges work to mobilize recovery funds in ways that benefit those students most impacted by the pandemic, there’s even more of an imperative to uproot the harmful practices that uphold systemic racism. Our vision to reimagine access to transfer-level courses in California Community Colleges requires California to strengthen AB 705 implementation by fully eliminating remedial English and math coursesand replacing them with high-impact corequisites that support student success in transfer-level English and math courses.  \nThis equity alert will address three of the most significant loopholes in AB 705 and emphasize why the state needs to close them. Further, The Education Trust–West recommends that state leaders:  \n1) Move toward eliminating remedial courses from community colleges;  \n2) Add capacity to the California Community College Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) to monitor the implementation of AB 705 and keep colleges accountable; and  \n3) Expand high-impact corequisite courses that support student success in transfer-level coursework.  \nEQUITY ALERT: Time to Close the Loopholes in Remedial Education at Community Colleges [www.edtrustwest.org | @edtrustwest | 01](www.edtrustwest.org | @edtrustwest | 01)  \nWHAT ARE THE LOOPHOLES IN CA’S REMEDIAL EDUCATION LEGISLATION?  \n1 The Placement Loophole  \nWhile AB 705 encourages colleges to increase “placement” in transfer-level courses, it doesn’t explicitly direct community colleges to steer students towards enrollment in those courses. The statute expands the requirements for placement in transfer-level courses, including using indicators of success beyond placement tests, like highschool grades and self-placement. The intent of this part of the statute is that in using a more balanced and accurate measure of a student’s potential success when evaluating correct course “placement,” students will be more likely to enroll in transfer-level courses. Yet, the statute fails to mandate that community colleges steer their students toward enrolling in transfer-level courses over remedial courses. Indeed, some California Community Colleges interpret placement as providing “access and options” to both transfer-level courses and remedial courses, treating the options as equivalent. This misinterpretation results in students who are capable of success in transfer-level courses, enrolling in remedial courses, despite the overwhelming evidence that remedial courses are detrimental to student success.3  \n\"Research unequi","cbCaibwXXJb2ZlXX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibwXXJb2ZlXX","pdf",1693192,"English","# WHAT ARE THE LOOPHOLES IN CA’S REMEDIAL EDUCATION LEGISLATION?\n## 1 The Placement Loophole\n## 2 The Maximize Success Loophole\n## 3 The Corequisites Loophole","[{\"question\":\"What is AB 705 intended to change in California community colleges?\",\"answer\":\"AB 705 aims to reduce or eliminate remedial coursework by increasing students’ access to transfer-level math and English and by requiring evidence-based alternatives for assessing and placing students.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the placement loophole described in the alert?\",\"answer\":\"Although AB 705 expands placement requirements for transfer-level courses, it does not mandate that colleges steer students into enrolling in those courses. Some colleges treat access and options for remedial and transfer-level pathways as equivalent.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the alert describe the corequisites loophole?\",\"answer\":\"The alert states AB 705 does not provide or scale up high-impact corequisites and does not require colleges to collect data on transfer-level courses with corequisites, despite strong evidence that corequisites support student success.\"}]","Equity Alert - Time to Close the Loopholes in Remedial Education at Community Colleges | PDF",1792048213,15]