The Second Change [microform] : A summary Report / John Rodwick and Michael J. Grady
- Bib ID:
- 5298142
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Rodwick, John
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED119179
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1976
- 12 p.
- Summary:
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This summary contains instructors' discussions of an independent research report which evaluated the compensatory education program at El Paso Community College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Because of open admissions policies, many students enter this college without the prerequisite basic skills necessary to understand their texts. Over 75% of entering students have been found to need one or more reading courses in order to successfully pursue college-level courses where the textbook may be written at an eleventh to thirteenth grade reading level. Over 35% of the entering students have been found to read at only sixth to eighth grade reading level. Similar deficits are found in English and mathematics. One important conclusion discussed is that students with a need for compensatory courses do become more competitive in the college level courses after taking skills courses. A random sampling of students who needed but did not take skills courses showed a 73% failure in college freshman English and an 80% failure in a comparable level of math, while those who took skills courses because of their placement scores showed a 29% failure in college English and a 20% failure in math. (MKM)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: See related document CS 002 493.
- Educational level discussed: Adult Basic Education.
- Educational level discussed: Two Year Colleges.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Adult Basic Education
- Basic Skills
- Compensatory Education
- English Curriculum
- Mathematics
- Program Evaluation
- Reading Centers
- Reading Improvement
- Reading Instruction
- Reading Programs
- Reading Research
- Remedial Reading
- Teacher Attitudes
- Two Year Colleges
- El Paso Community College (Colorado)
- Colorado (Colorado Springs)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1976
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