The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which sociodemographic, language acquisition, college experience, and placement test variables can predict the academic success of immigrant students at a large public university system in the United States. Immigrants were defined as "foreign-born" people, regardless of citizenship or legal…

This paper describes the value of using unemployment insurance (UI) wage data for measuring college graduates' success in employment and discusses how some colleges are using the data within the limitations of their states. Although colleges have always been able to produce limited outcome data such as graduate placement reports, other potentially…

The first purpose of this study is to do a comparative analysis in terms of the item difficulty and discrimination index between Mathematics Placement Test Form A and G. The results seem to suggest that items on both forms of the placement test are equally difficult. However, items on form A appear to have more discrimination power than items on…

This book examines the reactions of schools in Massachusetts and California to policies that sought to persuade schools to abandon or reduce tracking--the practice of grouping students into classes by ability and organizing curriculum by level of difficulty. The text is divided into 8 chapters: (1) "Implementing Tracking Reform," which…

As an admissions test, the SAT II: Subject Tests in foreign languages allow students to demonstrate academic competence in the selected language area. As a placement tool, the SAT II: Subject Tests in foreign languages serve the same function as the SAT II: Subject Tests do in other academic areas such as world history, chemistry, or math. SAT II:…

This article focuses on obligations of guidance personnel in the new movement to provide equal services for noncollege-bound students. Stress is placed on four major types of change: structural (e.g. lower counselor-pupil ratios), preparation of counselors, programmatic (e.g. job placement services), and directional (e.g. improved counseling for…

The first of a two-part series, this paper reports on a study conducted at the University of Florida, calling for an integrated and well coordinated system of career education, counseling, and academic advising. (RP)

Cooperation among parents, paraprofessionals, and teachers offers an alternative to special class placement of the culturally deprived or mildly retarded child. (MC)

Discusses the physical and psychological environment in which urban education takes place and the circumstances under which teachers are assigned to urban schools of high or low quality, using data from several national surveys. (JM)

In the Detroit schools, a computer helps locate substitute teachers quickly and precisely. (Author)