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Walsh, Bettye; Head, Ronald B. – 1988
A study was conducted at Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) to analyze the college's assessment of students' reading and writing skills, investigate the relationship between assessment scores and grades in specific content courses, establish the relationship between developmental course completion and content course grades, and measure…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Grades (Scholastic), Outcomes of Education
Head, Ronald B. – 1989
Between June 1987 and June 1989, Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) undertook several activities to assess student outcomes in accordance with the college's 1987 plan for student assessment. Specific measures included determining entering student characteristics, college transfer education outcomes, occupational/technical education…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, General Education