REMEDIATION EXASPERATION: New York City, Wyoming, and Ohio Focus on College Students’ Needs for Remedial Courses Article
October 21, 2011Only 21.4 percent of freshmen who enter high school in New York City graduate from high school four years later ready to succeed in college and only 50.4 percent actually enroll in college, according to new data released by the New York City Department of Education last week.
College Remediation
THE CASE FOR COMMON STANDARDS: New Profiles from the Alliance for Excellent Education Examine Need for (and Potential of) Common Standards and Assessments Article
May 03, 2010In spring 2009, the Common Core State Standards Initiative was launched with forty-eight states, the District of Columbia, and two territories coming together under the auspices of the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers to develop a common core of state K-12 English language arts and mathematics standards.