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Download full textFlorida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1993
The College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) is mandated as part of Florida's system of educational accountability. The CLAST is an achievement test that measures students' attainment of the college-level communication and mathematics skills that have been identified by the faculties of community colleges and state universities. Four subtests…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, College Students, Communication Skills
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1994
The College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST), mandated as part of Florida's system of educational accountability, is an achievement test that measures students' attainment of the college-level communication and mathematics skills that have been identified by the faculties of community colleges and state universities. The essay subtest examines…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, College Students, Communication Skills
McLure, Gail T.; Sun, Anji; Valiga, Michael J. – 1997
This study investigated changes between 1987 and 1996 in the proportions of ACT-tested students taking or planning to take high school mathematics and science courses prior to high school graduation. The changes in course-taking patterns among racial/ethnic and gender subgroups were also compared. The seven courses studied were Algebra II,…
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Cultural Differences, Ethnicity, High School Students
Chiu, Ming Ming – 1998
Eighty ninth graders who solved an algebra problem in groups of four showed status effects at the individual level. The students had filled out preactivity questionnaires about mathematical status and social status and a postactivity leadership questionnaire. Hierarchical regressions and path analyses show that, at the group level, solution score…
Descriptors: Algebra, Chinese, Cooperative Learning, Criticism
Cole, Brenda S., Ed. – 2000
The document contains South Texas Community College (STCC) facts and data. It provides a college profile and information on access, completion, transfer rate and success, graduate employment, student development, TASP Test passage rate, academic progress of all students, stakeholder satisfaction, finance, facilities, and an appendix listing…
Descriptors: College Environment, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics
New Jersey Basic Skills Council, Trenton. – 1991
This report presents Fall, 1991 results of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Testing which tests incoming college students and evaluates collegiate remedial courses. A summary of the findings notes that freshmen recorded poorer results on every section of the test compared to 1990 results, that in verbal skills 42 percent lacked…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Freshmen
PDF pending restorationKangas, Jon – 1994
Project AFFIRM (African-American First Investment Return Module) was established in the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District in California in fall 1989 to provide academic and personal support to increase the graduation and transfer rates of African-American students. Project AFFIRM seeks to build the self-esteem of African-American…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Bush, M. Joan; Johnstone, Whitcomb G. – 2000
This paper examines the implementation of an alternate block (A/B) schedule in three high schools in Irving, Texas. The purpose is to review how time was used in 48 randomly selected high school Algebra 1, Biology 1, English 2, and U.S. History classes. Of the 48 classes, 12 observations were conducted for each course. The findings revealed a…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1999
The data in this report were obtained from the base-year and follow-up surveys of the National Education Longitudinal Study of the Eighth Grade Class of 1988 (NELS:88). NELS:88 began with a sample of 1,052 schools and 24,599 eighth graders. The results of this report apply to students who were eighth-graders in 1988 and graduated from high school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Attendance, Grade 8
Arizona State Board of Directors for Community Colleges, Phoenix. – 1999
This publication presents the Report on Academic Performance of High School Graduates in Arizona for the fiscal year 1998-1999. This report contains an Arizona Statewide Summary and District Summaries for: (1) Cochise County Community College District; (2) Coconino County Community College District; (3) Graham County Community College District,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, College Bound Students, College English
PDF pending restorationKangas, Jon – 1994
Project AFFIRM (African-American First Investment Return Module) was established at Evergreen Community College in fall 1989 as a comprehensive academic and support program to help African-American students achieve their college transfer or associate degree goals. AFFIRM courses have the same content as traditional courses, but utilize…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1991
In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment (TSA); for the first time in the NAEP's history, voluntary state-by-state assessments (37 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) were made. The sample was designed to represent the 8th grade public school population in a state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculators, Educational Assessment, Family Environment
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1991
In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment (TSA); for the first time in the NAEP's history, voluntary state-by-state assessments (37 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) were made. The sample was designed to represent the 8th grade public school population in a state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculators, Educational Assessment, Family Environment
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1991
In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment (TSA); for the first time in the NAEP's history, voluntary state-by-state assessments (37 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) were made. The sample was designed to represent the 8th grade public school population in a state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculators, Educational Assessment, Family Environment
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1991
In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment (TSA); for the first time in the NAEP's history, voluntary state-by-state assessments (37 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) were made. The sample was designed to represent the 8th grade public school population in a state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculators, Educational Assessment, Family Environment
