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Download full textColorado Department of Higher Education, 2016
This report was prepared by the Colorado Department of Higher Education (DHE) pursuant to 23-1-113.3 C.R.S. The information in this report is presented to inform the ongoing dialogue regarding preparation for college and the effects of remedial education or developmental education in Colorado. This report documents data gathered by the Colorado…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Preparation, Remedial Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs
Herzenberg, Stephen; Price, Mark; Wood, Michael – Keystone Research Center, 2014
Pennsylvania's deep cuts in funding to K-12 education since 2010-11 have drawn a great deal of attention in recent months. Less widely recognized is the fact that Pennsylvania enacted even deeper cuts, on a percentage basis, to funding for public higher education in the same period. Four-year colleges received the largest reductions in funding,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Investment, Educational Opportunities, Educational Development
Perez Huber, Lindsay; Malagón, Maria C.; Ramirez, Brianna R.; Gonzalez, Lorena Camargo; Jimenez, Alberto; Vélez, Verónica N. – UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, 2015
The first CSRC Research Report to examine the Latina/o education pipeline, "Falling through the Cracks: Critical Transitions in the Latina/o Educational Pipeline" (Pérez Huber et al. 2006), inaugurated a series of reports that have sought to address critical issues related to the Latina/o education pipeline and to provide policy…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Access to Education, Equal Education, Educational Opportunities
Colorado Commission on Higher Education, 2011
The information in this report is presented to encourage continued conversation regarding preparation for college and remedial or developmental education in Colorado. This report documents action taken and data gathered by the Colorado Department of Higher Education (DHE) for academic year 2010 (Summary 2009-Spring 2010) as required by statute to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Remedial Instruction, State Colleges, Community Colleges
Alabama State Dept. of Postsecondary Education, Montgomery. – 2000
This study investigated the performance of Alabama College System (ACS) students on a Basic Skills Test (BST) and compared it with non-ACS students' scores to determine whether there were significant differences in achievement. The Alabama Basic Skills Test is required of all students seeking admission to teacher education programs at Alabama…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Educational Testing
Colorado Commission on Higher Education, 2007
The Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) is required to prepare an annual report on students taking basic skills courses at Colorado's public higher educations institutions. CCHE has prepared this report which summarizes: (1) Commission activities since adopting the Remedial Policy in 2000; and (2) data on assessed and remediated…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Politics of Education, Annual Reports, Basic Skills
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2008
The purpose of this paper is to describe basic skills students in relation to their participation in basic skills and their success in transitioning to college-level classes, and the momentum they gain towards college success from this participation. In the period of time covered by the data used for this analysis, 24 colleges offered I-BEST…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Technical Institutes, Academic Achievement, Basic Skills
PDF pending restorationNevada Univ. and Community Coll. System, Reno. Office of the Chancellor. – 2000
In keeping with 1997 Nevada legislation, the University and Community College System of Nevada (UCCSN) provides to the school districts of the state information about enrollments in remedial courses within the UCCSN and the costs associated with providing that instruction. Although remedial courses are provided to both recent high school graduates…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Preparation, Developmental Studies Programs, Enrollment
Amadio, Massimo – 2000
This publication is comprised of selected data taken from the July 1999 (third) edition of "World Data on Education" (WDE). The publication is in line with the International Bureau of Education's (IBE's) long tradition of disseminating useful information about school systems. The main section of the publication consists of concise…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Bureaucracy
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council. – 1986
The New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) is administered in a new form each year to all entering freshmen in New Jersey public colleges and 12 participating independent colleges. The NJCBSPT was taken by 44,344 students from March through December 1985. Test results revealed the following: (1) 26% were proficient in verbal…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Private Colleges
Morante, Edward A.; And Others – 1982
The New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) was instituted in 1978 as a proficiency examination designed to measure the reading, writing, and mathematics skills of students entering college. In spring and summer 1982, 51,135 students at New Jersey's state and county colleges and at 10 independent colleges took the NJCBSPT. Of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, College Students, Community Colleges
Cornett, Lynn M.; And Others – 1984
Information on the achievement of students in Southern States is presented, based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). State profiles are presented for 12 Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states, plus Maryland and Texas. A 1984-1985 SREB pilot project with the National Assessment of Educational Progress is also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests
Mei, Dolores M.; And Others – 1990
Both half-year and full-year students enrolled in the 1988/89 College Discovery and Development Program of the New York City public schools surpassed the program's evaluation objectives in writing and mathematics and came close to meeting the objective in reading. The program, affiliated with the City University of New York, is a basic skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Preparation, College School Cooperation, Compensatory Education
Mei, Dolores M.; And Others – 1987
Outcome data are presented for students who participated in the 1985-1986 College Discovery and Development (CDD) program, which is affiliated with the City University of New York, and provides basic skills instruction in reading, writing, and/or mathematics. Information is included on the participants rate; reading, writing, and mathematics test…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College School Cooperation, High School Students, High Schools
New Jersey Basic Skills Council, Trenton. – 1991
This report offers details of the results of basic skills testing of the entering freshman class in New Jersey's public colleges. Levels of proficiency in verbal skills, computation, and elementary algebra are estimated from performance on the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test. For the 48,568 students tested in the fall of 1990, 24%…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Algebra, Basic Skills, College Freshmen
