ERIC Number: ED304996
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Jan-22
Pages: 92
Abstractor: N/A
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Results of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Testing. Fall, 1987 Entering Freshmen. Report to the Board of Higher Education.
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council.
Details are provided to the New Jersey Board of Higher Education on the level of basic skills among freshmen admitted to the state's public colleges/universities. Levels of proficiency are estimated from performance on the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT). Categories reflect performance of students tested at the campuses of all public colleges and 11 independent colleges. They are separated by public college sectors--county, state, Rutgers, and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Results are noted by statewide findings, college sectors, recent and non-recent high school graduates, and demographic data. College basic skills remediation in other states and the outcomes of skills-deficient student in college are described. Results include: the highest percentages of proficient students are found at Rutgers and NJIT; students who graduated high school in the spring of 1987 were slightly more proficient in all three areas than the total population tested; and there is a large proportion of underprepared students in New Jersey. Seven appendices include a description of the NJCBSPT, NJCBSPT mean scaled scores for 1983-1987, a description of the proficiency levels established by the Basic Skills Council, items representative of those included on the NJCBSPT mathematics section, comparison of statewide self-reported student background information 1983-1987, participating independent colleges and universities, and NJCBSPT year to year score equating. Figures and tables are included.(SM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Higher Education, Language Skills, Mathematics Skills, Minimum Competency Testing, Outcomes of Education, Performance, Public Colleges, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Mathematics, Remedial Reading, State Colleges, State Surveys, Student Improvement, Student Placement, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary Skills, Writing Skills
Basic Skills Assessment Program, New Jersey Department of Higher Education, 225 West State Street, CN 542, Trenton, NJ 08625.
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council.
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A