This collection of essays is a case study of a major educational
reform enacted in Texas in 1987: an effort to test all entering
college students to gauge their basic skills. The contributors were
involved in implementing this reform, which aims to remedy academic
deficiencies among college students and to retain students through
graduation. The book chronicles how legislators, staff and
educators designed the test, program, and necessary policies to
support the reform.
The essays in this book chronicle the work of legislators,
staff, and educators in implementing House Bill 2182, which
requires testing for all entering college students and mandates
developmental education for students who fail to meet the
established criteria. Among the issues discussed are test
development, minority concerns, prevention of bias, handicapped
needs, and program evaluation. "From Politics to Policy" presents a
model for other states to emulate, and is valuable to students and
teachers of education, policy analysis and psychometric testing, as
well as to agencies and legislators involved in state-level
educational reform.
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