"Ability to Benefit": Making Forward-Looking Decisions about Our Most Underprepared Students

Autor/inn/en	Sullivan, Patrick; Nielsen, David
Titel	"Ability to Benefit": Making Forward-Looking Decisions about Our Most Underprepared Students
Quelle	In: College English, 75 (2013) 3, S.319-343 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0994
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Standardized Tests; Achievement Rating; Transitional Programs; Developmental Studies Programs; College Preparation; Data Analysis; Access to Education; Eligibility; Performance Factors; Change Strategies; Barriers; Community Colleges; Best Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Developmental studies; Developmental psychology; Study; Studies; Entwicklungspsychologie; Studium; Auswertung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Eignung; Leistungsindikator; Lösungsstrategie; Community college; Community College
Abstract	Community colleges have been engaged for the last sixty years in providing open access to public higher education to anyone with a high school diploma. Recently, disappointing success rates for developmental students have driven some colleges to reduce or restrict access to college based on standardized test scores. The operative phrase in most of these discussions is "ability to benefit." This essay examines the complex variety of issues related to ability to benefit. Using a robust archive of data from our institution to explore this question, we argue that standardized placement scores tell only one kind of story about our most underprepared students. Course pass rates and percentages of students who reach critical milestones provide only one rather limited way to assess this complex issue. Our data tell us other stories that may be more important. (Contains 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10