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Kevin Forgard

National CrossTalk -- Vol. 15 / No. 1 -- Winter 2007 - 0 views

  • None of the experts are comfortable with the current definitions.
  • After synthesizing data from many sources, I estimate that 60 percent of students ages 17 to 20 in two-year colleges, and 30 percent in four-year institutions, need remedial courses.
  • All analysts agree that there has been remedial outsourcing by four-year institutions in the last decade
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  • Secondary and postsecondary education systems need to create a process to define and measure remediation based on curriculum content and assessment standards for specific subjects
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    Kirst summarizes how student remediation rate is difficult to define and use
Kevin Forgard

New Push Seeks to End Need for Remedial Classes Before College - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Article summarizing the issue emphasizing a need for change
Kevin Forgard

Higher Ed's Bermuda Triangle by Camille Esch | Washington Monthly - 0 views

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    Article summarizes student redemiation issue
Yan Suo

New York State Regents : Designed For K-16 Governance But Fails Over Time To Perform at... - 0 views

  • educational governance body in the nation.
  • the Regents Exams.
  • end-of-course-based exams was a factor in university admission and financial aid eligibility
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  • provide high school students information about postsecondary academic content standards.
  • The Regents exams
  • Moreover, CUNY, uses the K-12 Regents exams as its own placement exam, a policy that can reduce remediation by sending clear signals about college standards to high school students.
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