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Jones, Bruce D. – 1997
This study addresses the placement of students in remedial education among community colleges in the United States. Of specific interest is the appropriate entry-level placement of students in math courses. Citing that traditional standardized placement tests are overly broad and thus of questionable value for placing community college students in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Algebra, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Download full textDoyle, Terrence J., Comp. – 1989
Ferris State University's (FSU's) Collegiate Skills Program assists academically underprepared students in their transition to college. The program was initiatied in fall 1985 in response to increasing numbers of entering freshmen with inadequate reading and writing skills and subsequent high rates of attrition. Focusing initially on students with…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Achievement Tests, Competency Based Education, Developmental Studies Programs
