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Teachmoore bookmarked on 2009-05-28 remediation

Explores disconnect between high school instruction and college readiness.

    • teachmoore
      Teachmoore on 2009-05-28
      This recent article in NYT, profiles one community college freshman faced with the now common problem of being placed in remediation for basic English even though she has just graduated with a diploma from high school. It highligts many important and disturbing issues about the lack of consistency in our educational system.
  • The two systems don’t communicate well at all.”

  • Even some high school honors students failed college placement exams and were
    assigned to her developmental courses, she said.


    “Boy, were they surprised,” Ms. Manchin said.

    • teachmoore
      Teachmoore on 2009-05-28
      I had a niece in this situation. A member of the high school honor society, who had taken honors English courses all the way through high school. Yet the state college wanted to put her in remedial English based on her ACT subscore for the English section of the test. This is disturbing when we have considerable documentation that these college entrance tests (ACT, SAT) are not good predictors of the performance of African American students in college settings. So why are colleges still making these decisions based on flawed information?
  • Three English teachers and five math teachers were uncertified, she
    • teachmoore
      Teachmoore on 2009-05-28
      Anybody see a connection between the high percentage of uncertified persons in this school and the dismal performance of its graduates who attempted college? Why do they even refer to these people as "teachers"? They're just sitters.

This link has been bookmarked by 3 people . It was first bookmarked on 28 May 2009, by Kevin Forgard.

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    russgoerend
    Russ Goerend
  • 28 May 09
    teachmoore
    Renee Moore

    Explores disconnect between high school instruction and college readiness.

    remediation

      • Renee Moore

        Renee Moore on 2009-05-28

        This recent article in NYT, profiles one community college freshman faced with the now common problem of being placed in remediation for basic English even though she has just graduated with a diploma from high school. It highligts many important and disturbing issues about the lack of consistency in our educational system.

    • The two systems don’t communicate well at all.”
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    Kevin Forgard

    readiness article nytimes Kirst remedial

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