Please e-mail me with any information also. Thank you! [log in to unmask] Susan Serns -----Original Message----- From: Open Forum for Learning Assistance Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cimorelli, Diane Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:43 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Reading summer refresher Hello Listers, I would also be interested in such information. my email is [log in to unmask] Thank you On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Robin Arneson < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello Listers, > > Thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge so willingly! So > much > may be learned from all of you. Will you help me with a similar > question to ones recently brought up, but with a slight difference? > > I am a reading instructor at a community college. Our department > offers two semester courses of developmental reading. One or both of > these courses may be required based on a student's results on an > Accuplacer placement test score. Our department would like to offer a > "refresher" or "bridge" option for those students near the top of the > cut. That is, rather than automatically taking the developmental > reading course, these students could take a shorter, self-paced, > independent review and then re-take the Accuplacer to try to improve > their scores and remove the course requirement. > > Does anyone else provide something similar for students? If so, I > would be interested in knowing what you are using and how the program is structured. > We are open to any and all ideas at this point, but cost is an > important factor, too. > > I could not find much information on this topic in the archives. > Thank you for any information you are willing to offer. > > Robin > [log in to unmask] > > Robin Arneson > Reading and Study Skills Faculty > Normandale Community College > Bloomington, MN > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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] > -- Diane Cimorelli Learning Strategies Specialist VAN 247 687-5043 [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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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]