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Download full textUS Senate, 2014
This is a hearing of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and it is focused on, "Effective Strategies for Accelerated Learning." This phrase "accelerated learning," has been used to refer to a variety of issues in education. In the context of this hearing, the Committee is referring to different approaches that…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Access to Education, Higher Education, Advanced Placement Programs
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1974
Information on Florida public education student acceleration programs is contained in this 1974 report to the legislature, compiled by the Florida State Department of Education. There are six means used in Florida schools to fulfill the legislative mandate to provide time-shortened educational programs at all levels of the educational system: (1)…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Advanced Placement Programs, Dual Enrollment, Early Admission
Billings, Judith A. – 1990
In March 1990, the Washington State Legislature adopted the Learning by Choice Law, a law relating to student enrollment options. The law consists of three major components: Family Choice; Running Start; and Seventh and Eighth Grade Choice. The Family Choice law allows parents to select which public school(s) their children will attend, within…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Enrollment, Free Choice Transfer Programs, Grade 11
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1975
This second annual report to the Florida Legislature and the State Board of Education reviews the reasons for student acceleration programs, the methods of acceleration, and the financial implications of time-shortened degree programs. Statistical data are provided on the number of Florida high school and postsecondary students taking advantage of…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Advanced Placement Programs, Competency Based Education, Dual Enrollment
National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, Washington, DC. – 2001
The purpose of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging state academic achievement standards and state academic assessments. After presenting a statement of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, Child Neglect, Delinquency
National Commission on Excellence in Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1982
The role of college admissions standards in promoting excellence in American education and the role of colleges and high schools in helping students make the transition to postsecondary education were topics of a 1982 public hearing. Concerns of the hearing included: the relationship of admissions standards to declining enrollments and to…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Admission Criteria, Advanced Placement Programs, Articulation (Education)
