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Blake H. Heller – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
In 2016, the GED® introduced college readiness benchmarks designed to identify testers who are academically prepared for credit-bearing college coursework. The benchmarks are promoted as awarding college credits or exempting "college-ready" GED® graduates from remedial coursework. I show descriptive evidence that those identified as…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, College Readiness, Eligibility, Benchmarking
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Al-Rusheidi, Ibtisam Saed – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
This paper assessed the performance of General Foundation Programs (GFPs) in Oman in the area of 'Student Entry and Exit Standards'. Data was collected from the GFP quality audit reports prepared and published by Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education (OAAAQA). The study adopted a simple descriptive data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Preparation, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria
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Roche, Thomas; Booth, Sara – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2021
The past two decades have witnessed growing interest in Higher Education (HE) achievement standards. Globally, the English Language Teaching (ELT) sector provides students with Direct Entry (DE) English language program (ELP) pathways to university study. It has typically relied on commercially available English language tests to ensure…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Guidelines, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ogut, Burhan; Bohrnstedt, George; Broer, Markus – American Institutes for Research, 2021
Ensuring that students are ready for college when they graduate from high school has important implications for students, educators, education policymakers, and other stakeholders. This study focuses on an examination of the relationship between the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) grade 12 mathematics assessment and college…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Longitudinal Studies, High School Students, Mathematics Tests
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2024
The 2024 Nebraska Higher Education Progress Report is the 18th annual progress report designed to provide the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving three key priorities for Nebraska's postsecondary education system. These priorities were developed by the 2003 LR 174 Higher Education Task…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Government, School Statistics, Enrollment