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Blauth, Erika; Hadjian, Sarah – New England Board of Higher Education, 2016
The movement toward proficiency-based learning is gaining momentum at secondary schools across New England and beyond. Proficiency-based learning is the system of instruction, assessment and grading based on demonstration of skills that meet performance standards or "proficiencies." The goal of proficiency-based learning is to better…
Descriptors: Selective Admission, Colleges, Universities, High School Graduates
Conley, David T.; McGaughy, Charis L.; Kirtner, Jody; van der Valk, Adrienne; Martinez-Wenzl, Mary Theresa – Online Submission, 2010
Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) researchers visited 38 public high schools around the United States in 2007 and 2008 with the goal of validating and operationalizing a definition of college readiness. Schools in the sample were selected because they were demonstrating success at enabling more students from underrepresented groups to…
Descriptors: High Schools, Public Schools, College Preparation, School Readiness
Burns, Jeanne M., Comp. – 1977
Enrollment statistics for the 1976-1977 academic year in the New England Regional Student Program are presented. At both undergraduate and graduate levels, the regional program allows eligible students to receive preference in admission among out-of-state applicants in participating states, and to be charged only the in-state tuition upon…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Allied Health Occupations Education, College Applicants, College Students