U. of Phoenix Says Test Scores Vindicate Its Academic Model - Chronicle.com - The Diigo Meta page

• 09 Jun 08
  
  • The introduction this academic year of a test that could be administered to both campus-based and distance-education students — the Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress exam, by the Educational Testing Service — also made this kind of reporting possible, he said. Nearly two-thirds of Phoenix students attend online.
  • In reading, critical thinking, and writing, Phoenix freshmen scored below those in the population over all, but the change between those scores and those of its seniors was greater than for the population at large. The change was more marked in mathematics, although Phoenix freshmen and seniors' scores were both notably lower than those of the whole test-taking pool.

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