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Livingston, Samuel A. – 1987
The effect of increased writing or planning time on a test of basic college level writing ability was studied. The essay portion of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test was given to students in nine New Jersey public colleges and three New Jersey public high schools. Each student wrote two essays on two different topics. The first…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Difficulty Level, Essay Tests, High Schools
Belcher, Marcia J.; Downing, Sherry – 1990
A recent study of Dade County Public School (DCPS) graduates attending Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) revealed that 64% of those who graduated high school in 1989 had failed one or more of the basic skills sub-tests of the Florida Multiple Assessment Programs and Services test (FL-MAPS). Another study was conducted in 1989 to determine the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Bound Students, College Freshmen, College Preparation
Harkness, Suzanne C. – 1986
One hundred and three students from the 1985 graduating class of Hightstown (New Jersey) High School took New Jersey's College Basic Skills Placement Test (CBSPT) after entering two-year and four-year colleges in New Jersey. The 103, who represented the entire distribution of class ranks, rated themselves fairly accurately on their abilities in…
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Attendance, College Entrance Examinations, English Curriculum


