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Download full textRochford, Joseph A.; O'Neill, Adrienne; Gelb, Adele – Stark Education Partnership, 2010
During the 2009-10 academic year, 1,444 8th grade students in the Canton City, Plain and Marlington Local School Districts (hereafter called Stark students) took the EXPLORE Test as part of a pilot project, "Ready to Go: Increasing Eighth Grade Readiness," sponsored by the Stark Education Partnership with funding from the Ohio College…
Descriptors: Intervention, Pilot Projects, Familiarity, Academic Achievement
Graves, Sonja Lenita – 1998
The primary purpose of this postsecondary developmental mathematics curriculum evaluation is to assess the effectiveness of the Center for Occupational Research and Development's (CORD) Mathematics Foundations for Introductory College Mathematics. A contextually based, hands-on developmental mathematics curriculum, Mathematics Foundations is…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Assessment
Northern Virginia Community Coll., Annandale. Office of Institutional Research. – 2001
This report presents the findings of a survey designed to gather information about the experiences and attitudes of students enrolled in developmental English courses at Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC). The primary purpose of the study was to find out how satisfied students were with their experiences related to their English placement…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Assessment
Dumont, Richard G.; And Others – 1981
A project designed to evaluate the quality of basic skills programs in writing, reading, and mathematics, which was implemented at a regional university and a community college within a statewide system in the Southeastern United States, is described. A multiple-indicator strategy was used, involving both short-range and long-range postprogram…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Basic Skills, College Students
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2004
When the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges compiled best practices for serving basic skills students in 2002-2003, assessment practices were notably absent. In this paper, problems with current assessment and placement practices with regards to basic skills are explored. The paper begins with a review of the matriculation process…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Basic Skills, English (Second Language), Evaluation Problems
