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Download full textCullinan, Dan; Biedzio, Dorota – MDRC, 2021
Colleges throughout the United States are evaluating the effectiveness of their strategies to place entering students into college-level or developmental education courses. Developmental, or remedial, courses are designed to advance the reading, writing, and math skills of students who are deemed academically underprepared for college-level…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Student Placement, Student Evaluation, Remedial Instruction
Peer reviewedLevin, Stephanie; Scott, Caitlin; Yang, Man; Leung, Melanie; Bradley, Kathryn – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
Strong and stable school leadership is critical for success in schools across the nation. The duties of the principal are many and varied. Principals, for example, can oversee instruction, purchase curricular materials and supplies, and provide professional learning and supports for teachers. Carrying out these duties effectively makes a…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Attitudes, Persistence
American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2010
The Plus 50 Initiative is a three-year initiative of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), launched in June 2008 and funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. It was created to support a pilot group of two-year institutions to develop or expand campus programs that engage plus 50 learners. The overarching goal of the Plus 50…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Courses, Sustainability, Student Personnel Services
American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2009
The American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) Plus 50 Initiative is a three-year initiative launched in June 2008 and funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. It was created to support a pilot group of two-year institutions to develop or expand campus programs that engage plus 50 learners. The initiative focuses on three types of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Participant Satisfaction, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This year the Center on Education Policy analyzed data on the achievement of different groups of students in two distinct ways. First, it looked at grade 4 test results to determine whether the performance of various groups improved at three achievement levels--basic and above, proficient and above, and advanced. Second, it looked at gaps between…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Low Income, American Indians, African American Students
Direct linkCronin, John – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2004
Recently the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) completed a project to connect the scale of the MCA and BST with NWEA's RIT scale. Six Minnesota systems participated in the study, using test information from a group of over 13,000 students enrolled in third, fifth, and eighth grades who took these Minnesota Assessments and NWEA tests in the…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Student Evaluation, Grade 5, Grade 8
