Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705) sought to increase successful completion of transfer-level math and English courses by addressing systemic problems in traditional placement policies and curricular structures. The law requires colleges to maximize the probability that students who enroll in credit English as a second language (ESL) courses complete…

These technical appendices are for the report, "English as a Second Language at California's Community Colleges: An Early Examination of AB 705 Reforms." Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705 Irwin) sought to increase successful completion of transfer-level math and English courses by addressing systemic problems in traditional placement policies…

This book describes the history, structure and institutions of open and distance education in six countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US. It discusses how open and distance education is evolving in a digital age to reflect the needs and circumstances of national higher education systems in these countries, and explores…

E-learning has grown at a considerable rate, and current projections show no slowdown in the near future. The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that between 2000 and 2008 the share of undergraduates enrolled in at least one online course grew from 8 percent to 20 percent. This study refers to e-learning as all forms of…

Think College Reports present descriptive data in narrative or tabular form to provide timely information to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for review and use. This summary report offers an overview of the descriptive data on students from Year Two (2016-2017) collected by the Think College National Coordinating Center (NCC) from the…

Think College Reports present descriptive data in narrative or tabular form to provide timely information to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for review and use. This summary report offers an overview of the descriptive data on students with intellectual disability collected by the Think College National Coordinating Center (NCC) in…

In this Appendix, we provide details about the data used for the current study, the curricula used in the classrooms from which data were collected, and the current study's methodological approach. (Contains 14 tables and 5 footnotes.)[For full report, see ED544189.]

Reports on a study to determine if female high school students scored as high as male high school students on New York State Regents examinations in mathematics. Results indicated that if female students had an instructional history similar to that of male students they performed as well. (PK)

A questionnaire was sent to the 385 public schools in New York State that had indicated they offered at least one advanced science course. A summary of data provided from 232 questionnaires returned is presented. One finding is that the most common advanced course offered was in the biological sciences. (JN)

The 39 Illinois public community college districts currently offer 3,467 individual curricula within 258 discrete occupational fields. Within the past 18 months, slightly more curricula have been withdrawn then added, with the office occupations category showing a net gain of 36 curricula and the categories of home economics and protective…

The codebook for the Postsecondary Education Transcript File of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72), which is a machine-readable data file containing information on transcripts from NLS-72 senior cohort members who reported attending a postsecondary institution after high school, is presented. Records were…

Discusses the development and implementation of small group work focusing on seminar presentations and term papers in a microclimatology class. The class utilized peer- and self-assessment strategies developed in conjunction with a university department of education. Responses both from teachers and students were positive. (MJP)

This yearbook offers 1986 data on 1,224 community, junior, and technical colleges in the United States. First, introductory material highlights the 2.9% increase in two-year college enrollments between fall 1985 and fall 1986, the increasing enrollment of minority students, and the colleges' total operating budget of an estimated $13.9 billion. A…