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Webb, Mel – 1983
A comprehensive student basic skills assessment program was developed at St. Louis Community College (SLCC) at Florissant Valley to appraise student readiness to take courses, gather information for counseling and advising, diagnose student problems, and evaluate program efficiency and effectiveness. The steps taken in developing the program were:…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Educational Testing
Maricopa County Community Coll. District, Phoenix, AZ. – 1984
The Maricopa Community College District's (MCCD's) Commission on Student Assessment and Initial Course Placement was formed to assess the current status of student assessment for initial course placement across the district, to review the available instruments that assess student skills for placement, to discover what other community college…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Policy, Educational Testing, Policy Formation
Klaus, Loren E. – Community College Frontiers, 1973
Presented an educational program for the Vienna Correctional Center which enrolled both inmates and correctional officers. Author also offered suggestions for consideration by others who might be thinking about developing a similar program. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Correctional Education, Educational Counseling, Educational Testing
Brown, Byron; Finch, John – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1973
Describes a program designed to overcome the constraints small college instructors face in teaching economics. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Concept Formation, Economics Education, Educational Objectives
Download full textRounds, Jeanine C. – 1984
Respondents to a 1982-83 survey of assessment practices in California's community colleges identified Sacramento City College (SCC), Fullerton College (FC), Sierra College (SC), and Victor Valley College (VVC) as having the most effective assessment/placement programs in the state. Interviews conducted on-site with at least three staff members…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Educational Innovation, Educational Testing
Taffy, Fred – 1999
The Grade 11 High School Proficiency Test (HSPT) and the New Jersey Early Warning Test (EWT) are two key standardized tests that indicate academic ability of county high school graduates which colleges will need to address. While HSPT scores for county high school districts reflect a range of competency in reading, math, and writing, the majority…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Testing
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1995
The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) is a statewide program designed to ensure that all students attending public colleges and universities have the basic reading, mathematics, and writing skills necessary to perform effectively at the college level. All entering first-time freshmen are required to take the TASP test, which has a basic skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Graduation Requirements
Mitchell, Thomas R. – 1989
Laredo Junior College (LJC) is a comprehensive community college in Texas, serving a student population that is 93% Hispanic and 61% female. In response to evidence that LJC was not adequately preparing students with the basic and academic skills needed to transfer, LJC expanded and restructured its assessment, placement, and remediation programs.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Roney, M. W. – 1973
The encompassing objective of this project was to assist two-year colleges in establishing electromechanical technican (EMT) training programs by developing the necessary planning and instructional materials and by providing direct program planning assistance. The research effort of the project was to develop and test an integrated systems of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Angel, Dan – Capsule, 1990
The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) is a statewide program designed to ensure that all students attending public colleges and universities have the basic reading, mathematics, and writing skills necessary to perform effectively at the college level. All entering first-time freshmen are required to take the TASP test, which has a basic skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Graduation Requirements
Felder, Jonathan E.; Finney, Joni E.; Kirst, Michael W. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2007
"Informed math self-placement," a program implemented at American River College in Sacramento, California, to determine students' readiness for college-level math, has been in place for three years. This case study describes the development and implementation of math self-placement at American River. Math self-placement consists of a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Algebra, Community Colleges, Case Studies
de Rowe, Cora – 1979
The Learning Center at Glendale Community College is described in this four-part report which also evaluates the success of the Center in meeting the needs of new, nontraditional students. Part I reviews the literature dealing with the high dropout rate of nontraditional students admitted via the "open door" and provides definitions for the terms…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Dropouts, Educational Testing
