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Eggleston, Martha H. – 1988
Because of the decline in academic skills in college freshmen, colleges and universities have enacted placement testing to identify those students with inadequate skills in reading, writing, and math for placement in remedial classes. This document discussed reasons for testing, concern about excessive testing, and results of three past surveys of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Negative Attitudes
