Calls for the revitalization and reform of developmental studies programs in postsecondary education. Compares practices of the 1960s and 1970s with those needed in the 1980s. Cites recommendations of the Dallas County Community College District's Developmental Studies Task Force for reaffirmation and commitment to developmental education. (DMM)

To address the economic crisis facing the country, the President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law on February 17, 2009. This sweeping legislation provides $789 billion to jumpstart the economy and boost employment. This act includes $463 billion in new spending and $326 billion in tax relief directed at those…

The purpose of the current study was to analyze the relationship between automated essay scoring (AES) and human scoring in order to determine the validity and usefulness of AES for large-scale placement tests. Specifically, a correlational research design was used to examine the correlations between AES performance and human raters' performance.…

This case study examines the process of resource allocation in support of one school district's goal of graduating each student ready for college, career, and citizenship. This case study focuses on questions of equity in resource allocation and the leadership moves that a superintendent and other administrators made during one year to better…

The author of this paper submits that a mathematics student needs to learn to conjecture and prove or disprove said conjecture. Ergo, the purpose of the paper is to submit the thesis that learning requires doing; only through inquiry is learning achieved, and hence this paper proposes a programme of use of a modified Moore method in a Bridge to…

If everyone needs an education through two years of college or the equivalent, then the nation has an obligation to provide a far more certain pathway for postsecondary success than it does now. Because so many young people fail to complete the final years of high school, graduate but do not apply to college, or begin postsecondary education only…

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…

The success of a developmental reading course really should be measured several semesters later by how well the students have transferred their new strategies to their content courses. To help facilitate this transfer, a list of ten instructional strategies are presented that have been developed from the literature and classroom experience.…

Offering a primer on action research methodologies and examples of practice, "Students in Transition: Research and Practice in Career Development" responds to a dual challenge facing career development educators--designing cutting-edge career development interventions and demonstrating their effectiveness. Overviews of quantitative and qualitative…

The focus of this paper is to provide the overall framework for analyzing the effectiveness of a developmental studies program. The study investigated the relationship between the program and retention and identified academic and affective factors which affect retention in the program. (MT)

Contends that confused language reflects the confused state of the field of developmental education. Provides examples of the imprecise vocabulary used in the literature and coursework of developmental education. Suggests that concepts be clarified and jargon be eliminated. (CAM)

Seeks to heighten awareness of the "digital divide" in the TRIO community, enumerating its implications for projects and participants, providing data on one Talent Search project's experience, and outlining some general plans for conquering the divide in the TRIO community. (EV)

Reviews the initial creation of the TRIO Programs, beginning with TRIO Upward Bound in 1964, and on through the regionalization of TRIO programs nationally. (EV)

Although the issue of redefining the developmental education profession has been a constant in its history, the urgency to reexamine it has never been greater. As practice advances and changes, so must the language to describe it. A reexamination can be an opportunity to transform the work of the field, expand its borders, and redefine its…

This nonexperimental study of Missouri's A+ Program compares the academic performance of these students with two similar groups of students at a community college in southwest Missouri. Significant differences were found between the three groups regarding cumulative GPA and number of developmental courses taken.