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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Claesgens, Jennifer; Scalise, Kathleen; Wilson, Mark; Stacy, Angelica – Assessment Update, 2008
When the final report of Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling's Commission on the Future of Higher Education was released in September 2006, the call for higher education to focus on measuring and reporting "meaningful student learning outcomes" was a major charge. The report's suggestion that some standardized tests might be used to collect…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Chemistry
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Beil, Cheryl; Knight, Melinda A. – Assessment Update, 2007
A recent article in "The Chronicle of Higher Education" comparing perceptions of college preparedness in writing from the vantage point of high school teachers and college faculty shows that the two groups have dramatically different views. What accounts for these differences in perception? What types of writing assignments are high school…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, College Faculty