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Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
To support efforts to improve students' college readiness and success, leaders at the Palau Ministry of Education and Palau Community College want to understand the experiences and background of Palau High School graduates who are better prepared for Palau Community College. This study identified the Palau High School academic preparation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Readiness, High School Students, College Preparation
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Rentz, Bradley; Holquist, Samantha E.; Arens, Sheila A.; Stuit, David; Rhinesmith, Evan; Nicotera, Anna; Plotz, Margot – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
The Palau Ministry of Education and Palau Community College are aligning their education systems to better prepare students for college. Research on the high school academic preparation variables that predict college success is limited for students in Palau. Using data from Palau's Ministry of Education and Palau Community College, this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Readiness, High School Students, College Preparation
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Rentz, Bradley; Holquist, Samantha E.; Arens, Sheila A.; Stuit, David; Rhinesmith, Evan; Nicotera, Anna; Plotz, Margot – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
The Palau Ministry of Education and Palau Community College are aligning their education systems to better prepare students for college. Research on the high school academic preparation variables that predict college success is limited for students in Palau. Using data from Palau's Ministry of Education and Palau Community College, this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Readiness, High School Students, College Preparation
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Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
These are the appendices to the report, "Using High School Data to Predict College Success in Palau" (ED610714). Prior research, particularly for the United States, has shown that earning a community college credential increases an individual's likelihood of gaining stable employment, earning a living wage, and working in a higher-paying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Readiness, High School Students, College Preparation
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Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Muschkin, Clara; Vigdor, Jacob L. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2015
This article contributes to the empirical literature on remediation in community colleges by using policy variation across North Carolina's community colleges to examine how remediation affects various outcomes for traditional-age college students. We find that being required to take a remedial course (as we define it in this article) either in…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Instruction, Community Colleges, Program Effectiveness
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Secolsky, Charles; Krishnan, Sathasivam; Judd, Thomas P. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2013
The community colleges in the state of New Jersey went through a process of establishing statewide cut-off scores for English and mathematics placement tests. The colleges wanted to communicate to secondary schools a consistent preparation that would be necessary for enrolling in Freshman Composition and College Algebra at the community college…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Cutting Scores, Community Colleges, Algebra