After surveying 1,827 students in their final year at eighty randomly selected two-year and four-year public and private institutions, American Institutes for Research (2006) reported that approximately 30 percent of students in two-year institutions and nearly 20 percent of students in four-year institutions have only basic quantitative…

The Oregon Statewide Report Card is an annual publication required by law (ORS 329.115), which reports on the state of public schools and their progress towards the goals of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. The purpose of the Oregon Report Card is to monitor trends among school districts and Oregon's progress toward achieving the…

With an annual yearly growth rate of 9.3 percent over the last two decades, Advanced Placement courses have become a juggernaut in American high school education. AP courses are routinely perceived as an indicator of educational rigor, and many schools push to enroll low-income or minority students in these courses in the hope of preparing them…

THE STEPS NECESSARY IN ESTABLISHING AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM IN LATIN ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS BULLETIN FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. GUIDELINES ARE SUGGESTED FOR SELECTING STUDENTS, ASSIGNING TEACHERS, DESIGNING THE COURSE, ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM, AND DEVELOPING METHODOLOGY FOR IMPROVING STUDENTS' LANGUAGE SKILLS AND TEACHING LITERATURE.…

THE STEPS NECESSARY IN ESTABLISHING AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM IN GERMAN ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS BULLETIN FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. THE COURSE DESCRIBED IS AN ALTERNATE FOR THE REGULAR 6TH-YEAR COURSE OFFERED IN THE 12TH GRADE. GUIDELINES ARE SUGGESTED FOR SELECTING STUDENTS, ASSIGNING TEACHERS, DESIGNING THE COURSE, ADMINISTERING THE…

The Oregon Statewide Report Card is an annual publication required by law (ORS 329.115), which reports on the state of public schools and their progress towards the goals of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. The purpose of the Oregon Report Card is to monitor trends among school districts and Oregon's progress toward achieving the…

Random samples of free-response tests (200 males and 200 females) were taken from the 1986 U.S. History advanced placement examination. Rescoring focusing on historical content and analyses indicate that free-response tasks, in contrast with objective tests, may have inherent characteristics that reward females' English-composition abilities. (SLD)

The Advanced Placement Program reports grades to students and colleges on a 1 to 5 point scale derived from combining the separate scores on the multiple-choice and free-response sections of Advanced Placement Examinations (ADPEs). In this study, predictions of grades in first-semester college biology courses were made based on students' separate…

Emphasized in this speech are the innovative practices in the standardized foreign language testing programs sponsored by the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) and the Modern Language Association (MLA). The CEEB projected listening and reading "composite tests" and changes in the French and Latin Advanced Placement Tests are…