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Do you have a four-year university in town with an access mission? Academic roadblocks: What trends are the staff in your college’s placement testing office and registrar’s office seeing? This would include the speed and pace of English instruction and the teaching and curriculum approach used for math instruction.)
Equitable college access and completion has been a major point of focus for the student success community for at least a decade , with good reason. Two-year schools and open-access four-year schools have been innovating around math reforms for over a decade. Replace math placement tests with a “multiple measures assessment.”
Equitable college access and completion has been a major point of focus for the student success community for at least a decade , with good reason. Two-year schools and open-access four-year schools have been innovating around math reforms for over a decade. Replace math placement tests with a “multiple measures assessment.”
The student receives credits for a college course, exemption from a required course, and/or advanced placement in the curriculum of a bachelor’s degree program. Modern States is a nonprofit education alliance dedicated to college access for all. CLEP exams can earn students up to two years of college credits.
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