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Direct linkWendy Kilgore – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2024
Undergraduate credit for prior learning (CPL) is an important aspect of today's higher-education landscape. This report presents an in-depth look at the current state of undergraduate CPL in the United States and Canada. The primary objective of the report is to foment dialogue and action toward a more inclusive, effective higher-education system…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Inclusion, College Credits
Download full textWorld Education Services, 2018
World Education Services (WES) is a non-profit organization with over 40 years of experience in assessing academic credentials from more than 200 countries and jurisdictions and 40,000 educational institutions. Because many refugees are unable to obtain verifiable documents, the assessment of their qualifications calls for a different approach…
Descriptors: Refugees, Pilot Projects, Credentials, Foreign Countries
World Education Services, 2018
World Education Services (WES) is a non-profit organization with over 40 years of experience in assessing academic credentials from more than 200 countries and jurisdictions and 40,000 educational institutions. Because many refugees are unable to obtain verifiable documents, the assessment of their qualifications calls for a different approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Pilot Projects, Credentials
Peer reviewedWalstad, William B.; Rebeck, Ken – Journal of Economic Education, 2012
High school transcript data were used in this study to estimate the percentage of high school graduates who complete an economics course, and to examine course-taking trends in economics from 1982 to 2009. In 2009, 58 percent of high school graduates took an economics course, up from about 45 percent from 1990 to 2005. The increases in economics…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Graduates, Economics, Economics Education
You, Sukkyung – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2013
In 2004, the pattern in academic pathways for high school students in the USA showed that students were completing more demanding mathematics courses. Despite the upward pattern in advanced-level mathematics course-taking, disparities among racial/ethnic groups persisted between 1982 and 2004. Using data from the Education Longitudinal Study of…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Course Selection (Students), Gender Differences, Ethnic Diversity
National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
The 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) U.S. history assessment measures how well fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-graders are learning American history, and whether they can evaluate historical evidence and understand change and continuity over time. Comparing the results from the 2010 assessment to results from previous years…
Descriptors: United States History, History Instruction, Grade 4, Grade 8
Shin, Seon-Hi; Slater, Charles L. – School Leadership & Management, 2010
This study investigated the differences and similarities in the impact of school leadership on student mathematics achievement in different global regions using TIMSS international data. Three-level unconditional and conditional hierarchical models were fitted to the data in each country. The findings showed that the variables of teacher…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis
Shaw, Stuart; Bailey, Clare – Journal of College Admission, 2011
This article focuses on the research being conducted by University of Cambridge International Examinations (Cambridge) to ensure that its international assessments prepare students as well as Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate for continued studies in colleges and universities. The primary purpose of the research is to highlight…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Predictive Validity, Tests
Gauthier, Grady – College and University, 2004
According to the USEFI (United States Education Foundation in India) Web site, (www.fulbright-india.org/eas/eas-general.htm), there are currently 74,603 Indian students in the United States. This immense cultural and educational exchange brings with it both rewards and difficulties for the students and the institutions who enroll them. One of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Students, Academic Records, Fees
Shettle, Carolyn; Cubell, Michele; Hoover, Katylee; Kastberg, David; Legum, Stan; Lyons, Marsha; Perkins, Robert; Rizzo, Lou; Roey, Stephen; Sickles, Diane – US Department of Education, 2008
This technical report documents the procedures used to collect and summarize data from the 2005 High School Transcript Study (HSTS 2005). The transcript studies serve as a barometer for changes in high school graduates' course-taking patterns; these patterns provide information about the rigor of high school curricula followed across the nation.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, High Schools, School Activities, Course Selection (Students)
VanMetre, Jason Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study was designed to examine the effectiveness of a ninth grade transition program at a suburban high school in Louisiana. Student data were analyzed from two groups of first time freshmen who indicated a need for help in mathematics: one without a transition program and one with a transition program. Academic data included standardized test…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Test Results, Educational Assessment, Standardized Tests
Wrigley, Pamela – ESCORT, 2001
The "Help! Kit" for elementary school teachers was produced in 1989 by a task force of Virginia migrant educators who were getting an increasing number of requests for information about and assistance with their English language learners (ELLs). This secondary version of the "Help! Kit" provides helpful information to busy…
Descriptors: Migrants, Migrant Education, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)
