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Fadale, LaVerna M.; Winter, Gene M. – 1991
In May 1991, a professional development conference was held for coordinators of services for learning disabled (LD) students in New York State two-year colleges. The purpose of the session was to provide an opportunity for information and dialogue targeted at the exchange of ideas and perspectives and the consideration of regional and local…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal), Educational Diagnosis, Educational Legislation
Download full textSilver, Evelyn Stern, Ed. – 1976
In response to increasing evidence of score declines with no apparent agreement as to meaning or causes, the National Institute of Education (NIE) sponsored a Conference on Declining Test Scores in June of 1975. The objectives of the conference were to (1) clarify the evidence and estimate the extent of test score declines; (2) review evidence for…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Conference Reports
Culhane, Terry, Ed.; And Others – 1981
These proceedings on language testing include the following papers: (1) "The Style Test," by H. Bonheim; (2) "Testing between the Cultures: A Case Study of ESP Testing in Non-idealized Situations," by R. Brunt; (3) "Graded Objectives and Tests in British Schools," by M. Buckby; (4) "The Spanish Attributive Construction SER/ESTAR + Adjective: Real…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language)
Sawyer, Richard L.; Maxey, James – 1978
A sample of 260 colleges was surveyed during the years 1972-1976 to determine the validity of predicting college freshmen grades from standardized test scores and high school grades using the American College Testing (ACT) Assessment Program, an evaluative and placement service for students and educators involved in the transition from high school…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Freshmen
