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Morton, Tiffany – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2022
Many colleges are exploring alternative college readiness assessment models to increase student enrollment and success in entry-level, or gateway, college courses and to more accurately identify students who would benefit from developmental instruction. Informed self-placement (ISP), an emerging method that is currently being studied by the Center…
Descriptors: Student Placement, College Students, Academic Achievement, Program Implementation
Kri Burkander; Dae Kim; Lauren Schudde; Mark Duffy; Maja Pehrson; Nancy Lawrence; Taylor Stenley; Elizabeth Jackson; Wonsun Ryu; Lindsey Liu – Research for Action, 2024
Research for Action (RFA) in partnership with the University of Texas at Austin is engaged in a five-year mixed-methods study of the reforms associated with California AB 705. Over the course of the study, our team will assess the implementation, impact, and cost effectiveness of reforms associated with the law. This report first offers a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Developmental Studies Programs, Program Implementation
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Papakonstantinou, Theo; Charlton-Robb, Kate; Reina, Richard D.; Rayner, Gerry – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2013
Work-integrated learning has become an integral part of many undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, both in Australia and internationally. Such programs vary in structure, timeframe and discipline type, with concomitant amounts of support, assessment and evaluation. Their value to students, industry partners and higher education institutions,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Education, High Achievement, Integrated Activities
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Ricks, Kenneth G.; Richardson, James A.; Stern, Harold P.; Taylor, Robert P.; Taylor, Ryan A. – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
Retention and graduation rates for engineering disciplines are significantly lower than desired, and research literature offers many possible causes. Engineering learning communities provide the opportunity to study relationships among specific causes and to develop and evaluate activities designed to lessen their impact. This paper details an…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, Engineering Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1982
Guidelines are provided for integrating the dependent handicapped student (DHS) into the regular school in Alberta, Canada. A short overview comprises the introduction. Identified are two types of integration: (1) incidental contact and (2) planned contact for social, recreational, and educational activities with other students. Noted are types of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Mainstreaming, Normalization (Handicapped), Program Implementation
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
Jones, Earl; And Others – 1980
Designed to assist California policy and decision makers with planning to meet the future educational needs of limited-English speaking (LES) and non-English speaking (NES) students, this study was undertaken: (1) to describe and analyze the implementation of all areas of the legislatively required services to LES/NES children, and the structures…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Bilingual Education
Jones, Earl; And Others – 1980
Designed to assist California policy and decision makers with planning to meet the future educational needs of limited-English speaking (LES) and non-English speaking (NES) students, this study was undertaken: (1) to describe and analyze the implementation of all areas of the legislatively required services to LES/NES children, and the structures…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Ancillary School Services