Case Studies of Three Community Colleges: The Policy and Practice of Assessing and Plac... - 10 views
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Bruce Vandal on 23 Mar 10Research done by MDRC looking at the assessment and placement process at three community colleges. It highlights several issues and challenges, including a lack of consensus about the standard for college-level work, the high-stakes nature of the assessments, and the minimal relationship between assessment for placement and diagnosis for instruction. -
Bruce Vandal on 23 Mar 10Include this report in the resources for the April 29 jam.