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College Level Academic Skills Test Review: Report and Recommendations of the Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, 1988. Report 4.

Florida State Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, Tallahassee. – 1988

In response to a legislative mandate, this report assesses the validity of the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) and offers recommendations for increasing the passing rate of students. Section I summarizes the Florida State Legislature's interest and intent in establishing CLAST an achievement test--measuring skills in computation,…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Legislation

Time as a Factor in Test Performance in a State Mandated Testing Program.

Gallagher, Paul; And Others – 1985

To alleviate the possibility that Florida's College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) is biased against non-native English speakers because of its time limits, additional time was allowed for some samples. CLAST, designed to measure communicative and computational competence in college sophomores, has four subtests: reading, writing, computation,…

Descriptors: Black Students, English (Second Language), Essay Tests, Ethnic Groups