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Examination of Remedial Reading and Writing Course Outcomes Using a Causal-Comparative Approach
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Wilson-Mighty, Roseta – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The current study examined differences in student performance and retention rates for those who completed remedial reading or remedial writing courses and those who did not in a private university in South Florida. International students also were compared to non-international students on academic performance and retention rates. The conceptual…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Private Colleges, College Freshmen, Remedial Reading
Placement Testing and Student Success: The First Intervening Variable.
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Sturtz, Alan J.; McCarroll, Judith A. – 1993
In Connecticut, the Board of Trustees for Community-Technical Colleges mandated the assessment and placement of entering community college students, adopting the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) for a systemwide pilot test beginning in spring 1989. At (then) South Central Community College, a study was conducted to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Writing, Community Colleges
The Impact of Writing Placement Testing and Remedial Writing Programs on Student Ethnic Populations at Oxnard College. Research Report #91-02.
Jones, Joan; Jackson, Ronald – 1991
In an effort to determine the impact of entry-level writing tests and subsequent remedial writing programs on various student ethnic populations at California's Oxnard College (OC), a study was conducted of 812 first-time students in fall 1989 who were administered the Assessment and Placement Services Exam for Community Colleges (APSECC). Of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis