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Assessing Quantitative Literacy in Higher Education: An Overview of Existing Research and Assessments with Recommendations for Next-Generation Assessment. Research Report. ETS RR-14-22
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Roohr, Katrina Crotts; Graf, Edith Aurora; Liu, Ou Lydia – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
Quantitative literacy has been recognized as an important skill in the higher education and workforce communities, focusing on problem solving, reasoning, and real-world application. As a result, there is a need by various stakeholders in higher education and workforce communities to evaluate whether college students receive sufficient training on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Logical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Numeracy
Does Preequating Work? An Investigation into a Preequated Testlet-Based College Placement Exam Using Postadministration Data. Research Report. ETS RR-12-12
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Gao, Rui; He, Wei; Ruan, Chunyi – ETS Research Report Series, 2012
In this study, we investigated whether preequating results agree with equating results that are based on observed operational data (postequating) for a college placement program. Specifically, we examined the degree to which item response theory (IRT) true score preequating results agreed with those from IRT true score postequating and from…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Student Placement, Item Response Theory, True Scores
The Suitability of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) for Admitting Vocational Education Teachers to Graduate Schools of Education in the State Universities of Florida. Final Report.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education. – 1973
This project examines the suitability of the General Examinations of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) as an alternative battery to the Aptitude Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) for the admission of vocational education teachers to master's level study of vocational education. The CLEP battery and the College Entrance…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Testing
1977 Florida Statewide Conference on Institutional Research. The Shift in Decision Making Responsibilities: Institutional Research Response.
Strenglein, Denise, Ed. – 1977
Centralized control of budgets and programs, a growing consumerism among students, and collective bargaining are among the issues addressed in a Florida statewide conference on institutional research. papers and reports include: the keynote address; a legislative workshop; a collective bargaining panel; The New College Story as Told by 103 Alumni…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Alumni, Budgeting