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Download full textAllen, Jeff; Cruce, Ty; Dingler, Colin – ACT, Inc., 2023
ACT is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help people achieve education and workplace success. To help fulfill that mission, ACT offers school-day testing programs that provide all students with state- or district-funded access to its college readiness and admissions assessment, removing barriers to testing and opening doors to…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Testing, Nonprofit Organizations, Access to Education
Peer reviewedShepherd, Terry L. – Educational Horizons, 1999
Texas began alternative teacher certification in 1985, attracting diverse populations into teaching. Although criterion-referenced tests demonstrate program success, there should be additional ways to determine whether individuals are qualified to practice the art of teaching. (SK)
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
Results of a survey of the 50 states regarding initiatives taken in nine policy/issue areas to teacher education are presented. The nine areas were: (1) standards; (2) incentives; (3) irregular certification routes; (4) program curricula; (5) capacity building for schools, colleges, and departments of education; (6) research, data, and evaluation;…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Equal Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1994
This plan presents the procedures to be followed in the administration of the Florida College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) for the 1994-95 academic year. The document specifies the responsibilities of the Department of Education, the technical support contractor, and individual institutions. The plan does not include procedures needed in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations
Phillips, June K.; Glisan, Eileen W. – 1988
A project developed at Indiana University of Pennsylvania was designed to meet the needs of secondary school teachers of French and Spanish in two areas: proficiency maintenance and improvement, and proficiency testing. The program consisted of four phases, two during the funding period and two follow-up. The first, proficiency-building, involved…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, French, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Fincher, Cameron – 1983
A study examined the predictive efficiency of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for adult learners in the University System of Georgia (USGA). Also investigated during the study were the effects of variables such as age, sex, and race on the performance of adult learners on the SAT and in college and the relative academic performance of adult…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City. – 1977
In this annual report for the period ending June 30, l977, the contents are: (1) progress and plans for the system and individual institutions; (2) historical and statistical information on enrollment, degrees, accreditation, student aid, compliance with federal laws, regents' publications, the state college testing program, regents' resolutions…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Annual Reports, Budgets, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets)
