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Peer reviewedNighswander, James K. – Illinois School Research and Development, 1977
The Springfield Project was developed to insure that students leaving the school system with a high school diploma have adequate mastery of basic skills. Describes the development of the project, a summary report on mathematics competencies as well as reading, language arts, and English competencies and evaluates the current status of the project.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements
New Mexico State Dept. of Education, Santa Fe. – 1980
This handbook contains suggestions for the use of results from the New Mexico High School Proficiencies Examination (NMHSPE) and describes procedures for developing programs and planning intervention strategies. The information and guidelines will facilitate administrative action for program improvement through integration of the NMHSPE results…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Download full textTexas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1995
The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) is a statewide program designed to ensure that all students attending public colleges and universities have the basic reading, mathematics, and writing skills necessary to perform effectively at the college level. All entering first-time freshmen are required to take the TASP test, which has a basic skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Graduation Requirements
Angel, Dan – Capsule, 1990
The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) is a statewide program designed to ensure that all students attending public colleges and universities have the basic reading, mathematics, and writing skills necessary to perform effectively at the college level. All entering first-time freshmen are required to take the TASP test, which has a basic skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Graduation Requirements
Balcom, Patricia; Kozar, Seana – TESL Canada Journal, 1994
Describes an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program in which international graduate students in the sciences are grouped according to their particular disciplines. This ensures that the peer group members are the content experts, whereas the ESL teacher serves only as the language expert, providing help in organization, grammar, pronunciation,…
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Graduation Requirements
Owens, Tom – 1997
The extent and quality of school-to-work (STW) programs in the state of Washington were evaluated through a survey of all school districts receiving state STW funds and case studies of programs in four school districts (Bethel, Methow, Sumner, and Wapato), one consortium (Columbia River School-to-Work Consortium in Clark County), and two…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Counseling, Case Studies, Consortia
