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Sarah Teakel; Kelly Linden; Neil van der Ploeg; Noelia Roman – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2024
Sustainable and innovative programs to support students in their transition to university and improve student progress rates and retention are in high demand and short supply. An institution-wide model was established for an online Embedded Tutor Program. The program supports commencing undergraduate students and is sustainable post-pandemic.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Tutorial Programs, Tutors
Sumin Lim – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The increasing number of English language learners (ELLs) in U.S. schools have made it so school professionals need to both ensure ELLs' academic success while also developing their English language skills. Accordingly, several issues related to assessment, identification, and disproportionate representation of ELLs in special education services…
Descriptors: English Learners, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Academic Achievement
Bureau of Indian Education, 2012
During SY 2010-2011, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) continued their efforts to improve the validity and reliability of data reporting. BIE data collections are dependent on school level entry (self-reporting) into the Native American Student Information System (NASIS) or into the Bureau's Annual Report from the schools. In addition,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Indicators, Graduation Rate
Bailey, Thomas; Jeong, Dong Wook; Cho, Sung-Woo – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
Developmental education is designed to provide students with weak academic skills the opportunity to strengthen those skills enough to prepare them for college-level coursework. The concept is simple enough--students who arrive unprepared for college are provided instruction to bring them up to an adequate level. In practice, developmental…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Enrollment, Two Year College Students
Bureau of Indian Education, 2011
During SY 2009-2010, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) continued their efforts to improve the validity and reliability of data reporting. BIE data collections are dependent on school level entry (self reporting) into the Native American Student Information System (NASIS) or into the Bureau's Annual Report from the schools. In addition,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Indicators, Graduation Rate
Grey House Publishing, 2009
A reference work that presents a chronology focusing on special education, its development, and the important issues that both positively and negatively affect the field. Updated through current events, this second edition provides an excellent introduction to special education in all of its practical aspects--how it developed, its curriculum,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational History, General Education, Legal Responsibility