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Stansbury, Donald; Palitz, Merriem – 1983
Beginning with the fall semester, 1983, California required all community colleges to test their students on minimal writing competency before being granted an Associate in Arts or Associate in Science degree. This guide explains the ways in which students at Bakersfield College may complete this requirement (i.e., by initial placement into…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Evaluation Criteria, Minimum Competency Testing, Student Evaluation
Lehigh County Community Coll., Schnecksville, PA. – 1992
An overview is provided of the activities of the President's Study Group on Student Learning Outcomes, established in 1990 at Lehigh County Community College to identify associate degree and certificate competencies and to develop strategies for their implementation and assessment. Introductory materials list the Study Group's members and review…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Committees, Community Colleges, Followup Studies
Download full textBelcher, Marcia – 1985
A study was conducted to assess the role of developmental work in preparing Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) students for the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST). The study sample included all 808 MDCC students who took the CLAST in fall 1984 and had taken the Comparative Guidance and Placement Test (CGP) upon entering the college. Study…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Effectiveness
Highline Community Coll., Midway, WA. – 1987
This document contains clinical evaluation tools that reflect the increasing degrees of independence and competence expected as students move through the sequential clinical courses of an associate degree nursing program. Two tools are provided for each of the seven clinical courses. Tool 1, Program/Course Objectives and Evaluation Criteria,…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Clinical Experience, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education
Belcher, Marcia – 1984
A study was conducted at a Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to determine the relationship between students' level of basic skills at entry and their pass/fail performance on the College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST). Specifically, the study focused on students' Comparative Guidance and Placement Test (CGP) scores in reading, writing, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Minimum Competency Testing
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Office of the Chancellor for Community Colleges. – 1986
The result of a two-year effort by more than 150 community college faculty and staff members in Hawaii, this report presents task force recommendations for improving programs leading to the associate degree. The recommendations concern: (1) the maintenance of two associate degrees, an associate in arts and an associate in science; (2) the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Degree Requirements
Klassen, Peter T. – 2001
This report discusses the results of the College Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) at the College of DuPage (Illinois). The CAAP is a national exam that assesses general learning in six areas: critical thinking, science reasoning, writing skills, essay writing, reading, and mathematics. Based on data from a total of 3,322 students tested…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, General Education, Mathematics Skills
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Direct linkMcTarnaghan, Roy E. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1987
Reviews assessment efforts in Florida's postsecondary institutions, which emphasize assessing achievement periodically, improving guidance and placement, increasing college readiness among secondary students, and measuring college-level skills after the second college year. Looks at the positive contributions of these changes and the potential for…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Community Colleges, Educational Testing
Belcher, Marcia – 1985
A study of fall 1984 College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) examinees was undertaken at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to examine the interrelationships among CLAST scores, the number of English courses taken, grades received, and basic skills in reading and writing prior to completion of the required English sequence. The study revealed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Black Students, Community Colleges
