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Lisa Levinson

The Case and Practical Tools for Accelerated Developmental English and Math | The RP G... - 0 views

www.rpgroup.org/...developmental-english-and-math

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  • Lisa Levinson on 04 Aug 11
     
    This resource contains the article "Exponential Attrition and the Promise of Acceleration in Developmental English and Math," which makes the case that high attrition rates are structurally guaranteed in long developmental sequences and that open-access accelerated courses are a promising way to increase completion rates in college-level English and Math.
Matt Smith

Accelerated Learning Program: Community College of Baltimore County - 1 views

faculty.ccbcmd.edu/...indexa.html

English accelerated Maryland Peter_Adams delivery Transforming Remediation co-requisite

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  • Mary Fulton on 22 Apr 10
     
    ALP is in innovative approach to basic writing programs that accelerates basic writing students through their developmental writing course and English 101 in one semester. ALP builds on the strengths of earlier approaches such as mainstreaming, studios, learning communities and bridge programs.
  • Bruce Vandal on 02 Nov 10
     
    The Web site for the Accelerated Learning Program at the Community College of Baltimore County. The program is an extremely effective strategy for moving students placed into developmental English into college level English courses and providing additional academic support
Mary Fulton

VDOE, SCHEV & VCCS Agree on College & Career Ready Performance Expectations for English... - 2 views

www.doe.virginia.gov/...feb23.shtml

Virginia college_ready career_ready math English alignment common_core benchmarks

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  • Mary Fulton on 28 Feb 11
     
    The Virginia agencies responsible for secondary and postsecondary education have approved an agreement on the performance expectations in English and mathematics high school graduates must meet to be successful in freshman-level college courses or career training.
Bruce Vandal

Analysis of the Early Assessment Program (EAP) Assessment for English - 2 views

www.stanford.edu/...eveEnglishEAPReportOct2009.pdf

EAP early_assessment AchieveInc. English assessment jam2_resource-expert California

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  • Bruce Vandal on 23 Apr 10
     
    Analysis conducted by Achieve, Inc. on the English Assessment for the Early Assessment Program in the California State University System.
Mary Fulton

Innovation at Scale: How Virginia Community Colleges Are Collaborating to Improve Devel... - 1 views

www.jff.org/...1318

redesign modular Virginia delivery innovation math English

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  • Mary Fulton on 25 Oct 11
     
    Describes Virginia's process of redesigning developmental education across the state's 23 community colleges and 40 campuses. By 2013, developmental math will be taught as a series of nine one-credit modules. Developmental English will be taught as a tiered subject, integrating academic reading and writing. (Jobs for the Future, October 2011)
Mary Fulton

Do High-Stakes Placement Exams Predict College Success? - 0 views

ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp

remediation assessment placement college_ready student_success

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  • Mary Fulton on 27 Mar 12
     
    Analyzes the predictive validity of commonly used placement assessments and finds that they are more predictive of success in math than in English, and more predictive of who is likely to do well in college-level coursework than of who is likely to fail. Also finds that using multiple measures could reduce remediation misplacements or rates. (Community College Research Center, February 2012))
Bruce Vandal

A model for Accelerating Academic Success of Community College Remedial English Student... - 4 views

ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp

delivery accelerated CCRC English writing Peter_Adams Maryland Transforming Remediation co-requisite

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  • Bruce Vandal on 02 Nov 10
     
    Study done by CCRC on the Accelerated Learning Program at Community College of Baltimore County that is led by Peter Adams. The findings show increased student success and a reasonable investment of resources given the level of student success
Matt Smith

Montgomery College to look at redesigning its remedial courses - 0 views

www.gazette.net/...montnew190928_32543.php

Maryland community_colleges completion remediation redesign Obama_Goal

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  • Matt Smith on 08 Dec 10
     
    The newspaper article from the Business Gazette (MD) details the efforts of Maryland communities colleges and Montgomery College, in particular, to redesign remediation by integrating basic math and English skills into vocational and specialized major courses. By including remedial curricula within major content areas, faculties hope to increase retention and completion rates for students who require college prep.
KPI_Library Bookmarks

ACCUPLACER - 1 views

www.collegeboard.com/...accuplacer

jam1_data assessment basic_skills math literacy

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  • KPI_Library Bookmarks on 16 Feb 10
     
    College Board ACCUPLACER tests provide students with useful information about academic skills in math, English, and reading. Resource for students from the College Board.
KPI_Library Bookmarks

Tennessee Developmental Studies Redesign - 1 views

www.tnredesign.org

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  • KPI_Library Bookmarks on 13 Feb 10
     
    With support from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) has established a new system-wide initiative to redesign its developmental math and English curriculum using technology- supported, active-learning strategies.
KPI_Library Bookmarks

Social Bookmarking in Plain English - 1 views

www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english

diigo getting_started technology video

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  • KPI_Library Bookmarks on 05 Mar 10
     
    Produced by commoncraft, Aug 6 2007. This video describes social bookmarking in a fun and decidedly low-tech fashion. Runtime is just over 3 minutes. Please note that this video is for sale, though it is possible to watch an evaluation copy, for free, from this URL.
KPI_Library Bookmarks

ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks - 3 views

www.act.org/...benchmarks.pdf

jam1_data forum_inform resource college_ready

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  • KPI_Library Bookmarks on 10 Mar 10
     
    ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks are the minimum ACT test scores required for students to have a high probability of success in credit-bearing college courses-English Composition, social sciences courses, College Algebra, or Biology.
Mary Fulton

Early Assessment Program - California Community Colleges - 1 views

www.cccco.edu/Default.aspx

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  • Mary Fulton on 21 Apr 10
     
    The Early Assessment Program is a collaborative effort between the California State University (CSU), the California Department of Education (CDE), and the State Board of Education to determine a high school students' readiness to do college-level work in English language arts and math and to provide students opportunities to improve skills during their senior year.
Lisa Levinson

Gmail - [Transitions 618] Announcement: May 2010 Issue of LINCS Resource Collection New... - 0 views

www.nifl.gov/...RC_workforce.html

workforce Education technology competitiveness literacy

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  • Lisa Levinson on 07 May 10
     
    In this edition, we feature the Workforce Competitiveness Collection, which covers Workforce Education, English Language Acquisition, and Technology. Each month, Collections News features one of the three LINCS Resource Collections - Basic Skills, Program Management, and Workforce Competitiveness - and introduces research-based resources that you can use in your adult basic education and family literacy programs and classrooms.
Bruce Vandal

Strategies for Promoting Gatekeeper Course Success Among Students Needing Remediation: ... - 3 views

www.collegeofthedesert.edu/...CCRC%20Report.pdf

CCRC Virginia

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  • Bruce Vandal on 07 Feb 11
     
    CCRC designed a study to address the following question: What student characteristics, course-taking patterns, and other factors are associated with higher probabilities that students who require remediation will take and pass college-level math and English?
Mary Fulton

Most New York Students Are Not College-Ready - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...08regents.html

New_York college_ready data assessment

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  • Mary Fulton on 09 Feb 11
     
    Article and data show that only 41% of 2009 New York high school graduates met the English and math state Regents scores that experts predict would allow students to earn a C or higher is college course in same subject. (New York Times, 02/07/11) Link to NYT data document http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/20110208regentsGradRates.PDF
Mary Fulton

Promoting Gatekeeper Course Success Among Community College Students Needing Remediatio... - 2 views

ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp

Virginia Transforming Remediation co-requisite CCRC gatekeeper_courses completion retention persistence

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  • Mary Fulton on 05 Apr 11
     
    Summarizes findings from VCCS' effort to improve the rates at which students complete developmental coursework and advance to take and pass college courses, particularly the initial college-level, or "gatekeeper," math and English offerings. (Community College Research Center, November 2009)
Mary Fulton

A Contextualized Intervention for Community College Developmental Reading and Writing S... - 0 views

ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp

CCRC delivery contextualized_instruction English community_college

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  • Mary Fulton on 30 Jan 12
     
    The study provides evidence on the potential efficacy of a contextualized intervention approach to helping students develop an important academic skill, written summarization. (Center for Community College Research, January 2012)
Bruce Vandal

Assessing Writing - Assessing the validity of directed self- placement at a large unive... - 0 views

www.sciencedirect.com/...S1075293510000395

Writing English instruction directed_placement placement

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  • Bruce Vandal on 04 Jun 12
     
    Study on the implementation of directed self placement of writing students.
Bruce Vandal

Pearson MyWritingLab - 0 views

www.mywritinglab.com

English vendors software Pearson

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  • Bruce Vandal on 08 Nov 10
     
    Web site for the mywritinglab software from Pearson. Program assists students in need of remedial instruction in writing.
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