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Hilton, Alan; Liberty, Kathleen – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1992
This study found little actual integration resulting from placement of 16 high school age students with severe multiple disabilities in special education classrooms within regular high schools. Guidelines for evaluating the integration of students are offered including a two-pronged test and examples of data appropriate for evaluating integration…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, High Schools, Interpersonal Relationship, Multiple Disabilities
Download full textSchonberger, Ann K. – 1985
A review of the literature is presented on developmental mathematics courses in two- and four-year colleges and universities. The paper is organized within the categories of status studies, placement, program evaluation, class management, student characteristics, and thought processes. Highlights of the report include: (1) an average of 2.0…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Postsecondary Education
Bers, Trudy H. – Association for Institutional Research, 1987
The special nature of remedial programs and the variance in definitions, components, purposes, and structures are discussed to help institutional researchers design program evaluations. The term "remedial program" is used to refer to any combination of courses, support services, testing, placement practices, and institutional policies…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Testing
Northern California Community Colleges Research Group. – 1989
Designed to promote institutional research to evaluate matriculation in California community colleges, this document outlines the methodology, anticipated results, and discussion points for nine model research projects. The research projects are designed to assess the effects of matriculation on student performance; on access to education,…
Descriptors: College Admission, Community Colleges, Educational Research, Program Design
Cordrey, Leroy J. – 1984
Beginning in 1978, Fullerton College implemented a mandatory assessment/placement program designed to assess student skills, ameliorate skill deficiencies through basic instruction, and place students in classes appropriate to their level of competency. A study was conducted to determine the impact of the skills prerequisite system on the progress…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Educational Diagnosis
Jue, Penny Y. – 1993
Beginning in fall 1991, Napa Valley College (NVC), in California, switched from essentially mandatory placement of incoming students to an advisory, self-selection system, where students receive course recommendations based on assessment test results. In order to evaluate the validity of NVC's assessment procedures, a study was conducted of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, College Freshmen
DeMauro, Gerald E. – 1985
The Language Assessment Battery was administered to third to fifth grade limited English speaking students in New York City. Special techniques addressed two common problems in testing these populations: (1) language tests suitable for limited English speakers change their psychometric characteristics over time as the students' language ability…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Cutting Scores, Elementary Education
