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Wilson, Stacy; Fuller, Ryan; Angeli, Mallory – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2009
An important goal for California is that public high schools continue to make progress in closing the achievement gap between demographic groups and that students are prepared for postsecondary education. In early 2008 Commission staff started developing a composite measure of academic preparation based on standardized test scores in nine college…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Achievement Rating, Measurement Techniques, Psychometrics
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Wilder, Lynn K.; Ashbaker, Betty Y.; Obiakor, Festus E.; Rotz, Elizabeth J. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2006
Individuals with disabilities tend to experience fewer successful outcomes in postsecondary transition than do youth without disabilities. Ethnically diverse learners have added challenges, such as worldviews, values, language, family involvement, level of acculturation, expectations, decision-making style, meaning of work, importance of money and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Ethnic Diversity, Multicultural Education, Developmental Studies Programs