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Peer reviewedLutkus, Anthony D. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1985
New Jersey's statewide testing program demonstrates that systematic data collection and reporting can have a major impact on both understanding the gap between college expectations and high school preparation and on the college and pre-college efforts to close that gap. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Preparation, College School Cooperation, Competency Based Education
Suddick, David E.; Collins, Burton A. – 1984
The use of a basic skills testing program to identify and remediate academic weaknesses of adult reentry graduate students (mean age 30.1 years) was studied longitudinally. The entering masters' level students majoring in business administration were studied in fall 1980 and again after the spring/summer registration of 1984. Through assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Algebra, Basic Skills
