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What Are the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks? Information Brief
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ACT, Inc., 2013
The ACT College Readiness Benchmarks are the minimum ACT® college readiness assessment 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. This report identifies the College Readiness Benchmarks on the ACT Compass scale…
Descriptors: College Readiness, College Credits, Community Colleges, Student Placement
Early College High Schools: Lessons Learned in the College Science Classroom
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Alaie, Adrienne – Urban Education, 2011
The Gates Foundation has given more than US$100 million to establish approximately 160 early college high schools (ECHSs) across the nation. The ECHS goal, to send traditionally low-performing students to college early and graduate them with 2 years of college credit, has been widely recognized for its constructive potential. However, not all EHCS…
Descriptors: High Schools, College Science, College Credits, Biology
Project Advance Biology: An Alternative to Advanced Placement Biology.
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Tocci, Salvatore – American Biology Teacher, 1982
Compares two programs which enable high school students to take college courses for credit: Advanced Placement (AP) Program and Syracuse University Project Advance Program. Discusses instructional methods, college credit, teacher involvement, student benefits, and problems, to show advantages of the latter program. (DC)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Biology, College Credits, Program Descriptions