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Download full textHopper, Peggy F.; And Others – 1997
Research has found evidence for the validity of remedial and developmental English courses in preparing students to pass freshman-level English courses. To determine whether similar validity could be demonstrated for remedial and developmental English courses at Tennessee's Walters State Community College, the percentage of former remedial and…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Studies Programs
PDF pending restorationLyons, J. Doyle – 1990
Upon entry to New River Community College (NRCC), placement tests are administered to students enrolling in curricula and to students enrolling in English and mathematics classes. Based on preestablished cutoff scores on the placement tests, students are advised by counselors to take appropriate courses. In 1990, NRCC tracked students from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Brooks, Greg; Davies, Rachael; Duckett, Laura; Hutchison, Dougal; Kendall, Sally; Wilkin, Anne – 2001
The progress made by adults in dedicated mainstream basic skills provision in England and Wales and factors associated with students' progress were examined. Of the 2,135 students from 71 colleges of further education and local education authorities who took the reading pretest, 1,224 (57%) took the reading posttest. Writing scripts were received…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
