Three Ohio community colleges have successfully adapted the City University of New York’s innovative Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP), according to findings released today in Columbus, Ohio.

A national survey of two- and four-year colleges reveals that the reform of developmental (or remedial) education practices has accelerated, including a dramatic increase in the use of alternative assessment measures (like grade point averages), rather than relying only on standardized tests. There’s also been greater experimentation with instructional reforms.