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Suddick, David E.; Vaccaro, John B. – 1983
In 1981, the Faculty Senate, at an upper division midwestern university, initiated the consideration of a literate skills testing program to address variance in academic level of the entering undergraduate student. The policy stipulated that all undergraduate students admitted to a degree program must demonstrate competency in writing and…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, College Students, Higher Education
Lott, Winsor A. – 1980
Competency testing in New York State began in the nineteenth century, first with a local testing mandate and later with the "preliminary Regents examinations," which were administered at the end of the eighth grade. Optional competency tests were introduced in 1962, and in 1976 the Board of Regents mandated the passing of a series of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing
Download full textNew Jersey State Employment and Training Commission, Trenton. – 1998
A New Jersey Task Force on Adult Literacy recommended ways to improve the literacy delivery system for adults. This report and its recommendations focus on improving coordinated interagency planning and accountability to increase governmental efficiency, and on advancing the employability and self-sufficiency of the three million low-literate…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential
Lederman, Marie Jean – 1980
The development of the City University of New York's writing assessment test is discussed in this paper. Its relationship to the total freshman skills assessment program, which also involves the assessment of minimal competencies in mathematics and reading, is related. The discussion of the test includes descriptions of the test development…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Higher Education, Holistic Evaluation
Meredith, Vana H. – 1981
The aim of the South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program was to meet legislative requirements, to improve instruction and to integrate instructional sensitivity into the state's educational programs for grades K-12 in the basic skill areas of reading, writing and mathematics. In their task of identifying, compiling and revising educational…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Walsh, Bettye S. – 1990
Studies conducted at Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) suggested that developmental reading and writing students were much more likely than nondevelopmental students to fail or withdraw from nondevelopmental courses. Lower achievement levels were also noted for developmental students enrolled in college transfer courses. In 1988-89, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Course Descriptions, High Risk Students
Reed, Linda, Ed.; Ward, Spencer, Ed. – 1982
Resulting from a project involving district, state, and federal educational agencies, the papers in this, the second of two volumes, are intended to provide information from research and practice that can help school districts in their efforts to make decisions about goals and methods of basic skills instruction. The topics of the papers in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Wallace, Daisy G., Ed. – 1982
Thirteen authors present twelve articles concerning the development of basic skills programs in secondary schools. These articles focus on the following topic areas: practices and strategies for teaching basic skills in secondary classrooms; language as a factor in basic skills learning; development of skills in oral communication, reading,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Instructional Materials
