CUNY's Testing Program: Characteristics, Results and Implications for Policy and Research - Softcover

Klein, Stephen P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0833029088 ISBN 13: 9780833029089

Publisher: RAND Corporation, 2001

Synopsis

In May 1998, Rudolph W. Giuliani, the mayor of New York City, convened The Mayor's Advisory Task Force on the City University of New York (CUNY). The task force asked the Council for Aid to Education, a subsidiary of Rand, to conduct an independent analysis of several aspects of CUNY's policies and procedures. This report is the second in a series of reports on this work.

About this title

Synopsis

This study examines information about the quality of the tests CUNY uses to decide who must take remedial courses. Nearly 65 percent of the students seeking bachelor's degrees and 90 percent of those seeking associate degrees are required to take remedial courses in reading, writing, or mathematics, resulting in a large portion of CUNY's resources and its students' time being devoted to remedial instruction. This report also provides a statistical profile of CUNY's incoming freshmen, presents information about the relationships among various test scores and grades at CUNY, and makes recommendations for improving the testing system.

About the Author

Stephen P. Klein (Purdue University, Ph.D., Industrial Psychology) is a senior research scientist at Rand. His areas of research include design and direct studies in the fields of education, criminal justice, health, and military manpower. Maria Orlando (Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology L.L. Thurstone Psychometric LaboratoryUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is a Research Associate at Rand.

Edition details

• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0833029088
• ISBN 13: 9780833029089
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64