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Direct linkPerry, Mary; Bahr, Peter Riley; Rosin, Matthew; Woodward, Kathryn Morgan – EdSource, 2010
The visibility of developmental education--or basic skills education as it is called most often in California--has increased in recent years. One major catalyst was a comprehensive community college strategic planning process completed in 2004 that listed basic skills as a critical area of focus. Another was an increase in the system's minimum…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Basic Skills, Strategic Planning, Associate Degrees
Bailey, Thomas; Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Jenkins, Davis – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2011
Community colleges play an important role in the U.S. economy, providing access to higher education for low-income young people, a path to higher-earning employment for low-income workers, and a supply of well-trained employees for local industry. In order to remain competitive with other major economies, however, the U.S. must sharply increase…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Credentials, Community Colleges, Low Income
Baker, Elaine DeLott; Hope, Laura; Karandjeff, Kelley – Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2009
This report offers California college faculty a closer look at contextualized teaching and learning (CTL) as a promising set of strategies and practices that can be expanded through the state's Basic Skills Initiative. The report is relevant to a range of instructional and counseling faculty, including academic and career and technical education…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Community Colleges, College Faculty, Literature Reviews
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation. – 1997
In view of federal legislation being proposed for the reauthorization of the Adult Education Act that promotes increased program accountability and benchmarking of learner outcomes, this publication has been prepared as part of an effort to document student achievement in Iowa. Based on studies that have taken place over the past 17 years, this…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Texas Coll. and Univ. System, Austin. Coordinating Board. – 1986
The merits of a state testing program that would measure the basic skills of college students and provide a basis for improvement was studied in Texas in 1985 by the Committee on Testing. Basic skills among colleges students and the use of postsecondary testing and remediation programs were studied in several states. The review included various…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
Butte Coll., Oroville, CA. – 1985
A description is provided of a pilot study conducted at Butte College to develop and test evaluation procedures for the college's remedial and developmental reading, English, and math programs. Part I of the report includes five sections: (1) a description of the remedial reading, English, and mathematics programs as they existed at Butte College…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Griswold, Philip – 1987
Goal-referenced tests and standardized achievement tests were used to assess the basic skill levels for reading, writing, and mathematics of students attending Parkrose Public Schools of Portland (Oregon) during the 1983-84/1985-86 period. Focus is on estimating the instructional program's success, providing a resource for planning and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, College Freshmen
Crowe, Michael R.; And Others – 1986
A study examined various characteristics of learning environments that promote or retard the development of basic skills proficiency. Data on four school programs--vocational noncooperative, vocational cooperative, general education, and college preparatory--were collected in a repeated measure design via observations, testing, and interviews. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Classroom Environment, College Preparation
Crowe, Michael R.; Veach, June P. – 1986
Student participation was examined in three educational programs and their corresponding environments or settings to determine the relationships between situational and demographic variables and basic skills learning and retention. Subjects were secondary students in four high schools and two career centers in a large midwestern urban center. At…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Preparation, Educational Research
Washington State Board for Community Coll. Education, Olympia. – 1985
A description is provided of the work of the Student Assessment Task Force, which was charged by the Washington State Student Services Commission Executive Board to "provide leadership to the state system on the topic of assessment." Following background information on the charge of the task force and a statement of its objectives and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods, Program Costs
Campbell, Robert E.; Sechler, Judith A. – 1987
A study was conducted to improve the link between basic skill instruction and entry into various vocational training programs. Data were collected from the following sources: current professional literature; developers and publishers of adult basic education (ABE) instructional materials; consultations with experts in the fields of adult literacy,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Articulation (Education)
Illinois State Univ., Normal. – 1984
This publication is a compilation of papers presented at the "Presidents' Conference on Excellence in Illinois Education." These conference proceedings outline the complex and difficult nature of the educational problems facing the state of Illinois and the nation as a whole. These papers, by presidents of universities in Illinois,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Basic Skills, College School Cooperation, Education Courses
