Report of the New Jersey Basic Skills Council [microform] / Donald Edge
- Bib ID:
- 5380571
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Edge, Donald
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED185098
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979
- 55 p.
- Summary:
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Test results are summarized for the second year of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test administered to 47,725 entering freshmen in the fall of 1979. Performance is categorized into one of three groups: appears proficient in basic skills tested; demonstrates proficiency in some (but not all) of the areas tested; and demonstrates a lack of proficiency serious enough to indicate a clear need for remediation. Data are presented for the total state and for type of institution (two-year colleges, state colleges, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Rutgers University) for the following tests: reading comprehension, sentence structure, logical relationships, essay, composition, total English, computation, and elementary algebra. Tables are also presented containing student background data. Three conclusions are reached: (1) a substantial proportion of New Jersey students entering college are not proficient in the basic verbal and mathematical skills necessary to perform college-level work; (2) deficiencies are present at both two-year and four-year institutions; and (3) the level of proficiency required to complete three years of high school iinstruction in English and mathematics is considerably lower than the proficiency expected of entering freshmen. Some comparisons to the previous year's results are made. (GDC)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Some type in the appendices may be marginally legible. For related document see ED 174 646.
- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1979
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