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Tighe, Elizabeth L.; Arrastía-Chisholm, Meagan C.; Pringle, Njeri M. – American Educator, 2021
Academically underprepared postsecondary students make up a large proportion of college campuses. Recent estimates indicate that up to 70 percent of incoming students at two-year community colleges and up to 40 percent of incoming students at four-year colleges enroll in developmental courses. There has been some criticism of the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: College Students, College Readiness, Evidence Based Practice, Developmental Studies Programs
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Johnson, Robin D., Ed.; Vasinda, Sheri, Ed.; Szabo, Susan, Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2016
The theme for the 59th annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers was Making a Difference in Our Diverse Communities. The meeting took place in Costa Mesa, California in 2015. In the first section of the Yearbook, Dr. J. Helen Perkins's presidential address shared the story of her journey as an educator and how it…
Descriptors: Literacy, Literacy Education, Social Justice, Researchers
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Johnson, Robin D., Ed.; Araujo, Juan J., Ed.; Cossa, Nedra, Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2017
The theme for the 60th annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) was Literacy: The Critical Role of Teacher Knowledge. This Yearbook provides a snapshot of the highlights of the meeting and sampling of some of the proceedings. The focus is on three questions surrounding the conference theme: (1) What do…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Literacy, Reading Teachers, Researchers