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Shafer, Jeffrey E. – 1990
Data collected during the 1989-90 school year reveal that middle schools in Guam exist in name only, with one notable exception. F. B. Leon Guerrero Middle School has implemented an interdisciplinary team model boasting many of the salient features of true middle schools. Leon Guerrero teachers rated the extent their school provided for students'…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Policy, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades
Download full textAcademic Senate for California Community Colleges, Sacramento. – 2002
In its fall 2002 session, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges passed a resolution seeking support for policies that will improve instruction and student support services for underprepared students. This document aims to provide a basis for improving basic skills instruction and services by providing a survey of the current…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Policy, Financial Support
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1985
Results of a study of remedial education at all Maryland public colleges and universities, except for three campuses, are presented. Findings include: (1) by fall 1985 all institutions will have in place a systematic screening process to identify students lacking in one or more basic skill areas; (2) while all campuses collect some evaluative data…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Lewis, Morgan V.; And Others – 1990
Vocational education programs conducted by the Cincinnati Public Schools were reviewed to analyze their characteristics and to clarify their mission and goals. The review examined information on demographic and economic trends in the labor market served by the schools and developed information on the purpose, conduct, and outcomes of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2004
When the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges compiled best practices for serving basic skills students in 2002-2003, assessment practices were notably absent. In this paper, problems with current assessment and placement practices with regards to basic skills are explored. The paper begins with a review of the matriculation process…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Basic Skills, English (Second Language), Evaluation Problems
International Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland). – 2002
This report from the 91st session of the International Labor Organization (ILO) conference examines recent legislation, policies, and practices reflecting new approaches to learning and training. The document was intended to foster discussion regarding a revision of the ILO standard on human resources training and development. Chapter I examines…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Continuing Education
