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Download full textRomanik, Dale; Rembowski, Mary – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2012
Section 1008.30 (formerly 240.117), Florida Statutes, requires the State Board of Education to develop and implement a common placement testing program to assess the basic computation and communication skills of students who intend to enter a degree program at any public community college or state university. Every year the State provides reports…
Descriptors: Scoring, Community Colleges, Communication Skills, College Freshmen
Romanik, Dale; Rembowski, Mary – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2011
Section 1008.30 (formerly 240.117), Florida Statutes, requires the State Board of Education to develop and implement a common placement testing program to assess the basic computation and communication skills of students who intend to enter a degree program at any public community college or state university. Every year the State provides reports…
Descriptors: Scoring, Community Colleges, Communication Skills, College Freshmen
Direct linkMellander, Gustavo A. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
The effect of an inability to purchase computers for home use and a lack of computers and instruction at public schools has had on the ability of Hispanic students to develop technology skills related to computer and Internet use is discussed. This article asks if the nation's emphasis on technology in schools has hindered Hispanic access to…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Educational Technology, Hispanic American Students, Computer Uses in Education
Romanik, Dale; Rembowski, Mary – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2009
Section 1008.30 (formerly 240.117), Florida Statutes, requires the State Board of Education to develop and implement a common placement testing program to assess the basic computation and communication skills of students who intend to enter a degree program at any public community college or state university. Every year the State provides reports…
Descriptors: Scoring, Community Colleges, Communication Skills, College Freshmen
Salpeter, Judy – Technology & Learning, 2006
It has been slightly more than a decade since the U.S. Department of Commerce's NTIA division published its first major report on home computer access, "Falling through the Net: A Survey of the "Have Nots" in Rural and Urban America." Published in July 1995, the report focused on serious gaps in the levels of technology available to different…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Telecommunications, Rural Areas, Family (Sociological Unit)
Romanik, Dale; Rembowski, Mary – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2007
Section 1008.30 (formerly 240.117), Florida Statutes, requires the State Board of Education to develop and implement a common placement testing program to assess the basic computation and communication skills of students who intend to enter a degree program at any public community college or state university. Every year the State provides reports…
Descriptors: Scoring, Community Colleges, Communication Skills, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedSacconaghi, Michele – New Directions for Youth Development, 2006
American attitudes toward the need for teaching twenty-first century skills appear as strong as the socioeconomic research being done that shows how critical these skills are for students' future access to the middle class and the country's economic competitiveness. In 2003, the AOL Time Warner Foundation (now the Time Warner Foundation) set out…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Adults, Computer Literacy, Telephone Surveys
Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2005
Section 1008.30 (formerly 240.117), Florida Statutes, requires the State Board of Education to develop and implement a common placement testing program to assess the basic computation and communication skills of students who intend to enter a degree program at any public community college or state university. Every year the State provides reports…
Descriptors: Scoring, Community Colleges, Communication Skills, College Freshmen
