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At Nassau Community College (Long Island, New York) we offer a few different options to students who place into remedial courses after taking the placement test. We offer instructor based "brush-up" courses that run before the start of each semester - typically they run for 12 hours - where students meet with a professor on campus and "brush-up" in a particular area - which is most often algebra. We also offer an on-line tutorial program called A+dvancer learning. It can be used to prepare students for college level placement tests or as an intervention for skill level development. It begins with an initial assessment, which identifies a students strengths and weaknesses, and provides students with an online personalized study program in the areas of reading, math, or sentence skills. How does the program work? If a student takes advantage of one the options listed above, they are entitled to a re-test on the college placement test. Most students who take advantage of one of these options, are able to achieve the "cut" score we require when they re-test. This has been a big help to both the college and to the students. Noreen E. Wade Assistant Director Placement Testing Nassau Community College One Education Drive Garden City, New York 11530 (516) 572-3559 [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: Marylen Jennings <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2006 10:55 am Subject: Re: four-year/two-year cooperative developmental program > To my knowledge, all state universities in Florida must offer some > typeof program for a designated number of students who do not make the > entrance score on the SAT or ACT. > > Florida A & M University offers a program for students to attend > summerschool and take developmental course/s. Upon arrival, > students are given > an in house placement test to determine the students' needs and > studentsare placed in the appropriate developmental course/s. > > The developmental courses are done during the first half of the summer > term; the second have of the term, students take at least one or two > college credit courses such as English 1 (ENC 1101) or college > algebra. > > Students live on campus and are classified as freshman. Students > receive tutoring and any other assistance needed. Upon successfully > passing the developmental courses and the college credit courses, the > students continue in the fall as college freshman. > > Marylen M. Jennings, Coordinator > Academic Success Center > Seminole Community College > Sanford, FL 32773 > 407-708-2385 > > > Please Note: > Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written > communications to or from College employees regarding College business > are public records, available to the public and media upon request. > Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public > disclosure. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your > subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your > web browser to > http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html > > To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask]