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| − | :: Can use SAT and CLEP exam scores here. | + | : Our program has resulted in tremendous academic success by participants. In 2003, for example, about 30 teenagers took a one-semester course in this program on American History. The class was open to all without any pre-selection based on test scores or intelligence, and the diverse student body included those having a learning disability or having encountered difficulties in public school. The "in class" students totaled 28, and there were also a few purely on-line participants. |
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| | + | : Despite being only a one-semester course, students excelled on the College Board SAT II exam afterward. Five (5) students scored 720 or higher on the SAT II, and a total of eleven (11) students scored 600 or higher. Given that these students were competing against mostly older college-bound high school students who had taken a full year, or even two years, of U.S. History, these scores after this one-semester, one-day-a-week program were remarkable. |
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| | + | : Students from that class ultimately went on to excel far above expectations. One student, for example, who had struggled at public school, went on to win a full scholarship at the leading university in New Jersey, and will graduate in the 2009-10 academic year. Others eventually went to attend other top college programs, including the United States Coast Guard Academy, Grove City College, Thomas Aquinas College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Patrick Henry College. |
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| | + | : The success of the 2003 U.S. History course led to this program offering it again in 2006. Then 43 students took this one-day-a-week, one-semester class. The College Board SAT II exam had changed by then, with an emphasis on topics like popular culture that our class did not cover. Nevertheless, at least ten (10) students scored at 610 or higher, and one student attained a perfect score of 800/800. As before, students from this class ultimately went to fine universities, with one student earning a full college scholarship. Due to its remarkable success, in 2008 another offering of this course attracted 65 students. |
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| | + | : Other courses in this program have achieved even better results. A one-semester economics course in this program was taught in 2004 and 2007. It yielded a 100% pass rate on the college-level CLEP examination, with at least five students excelling on the exam. This program offered a course in American Government in 2003 and 2007, with similar success. After the American Government course in 2003, for example, seven (7) students passed the CLEP exam for college credit, and another three students who had done as well in the course could have passed the CLEP had they paid the fee and taken it. |
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| | <br />-Student performance data using a measure that is not nation- or statewide, using a measure developed by the SES provider, or using school grades, homework completion, or results from a school/teacher administered subject area test. | | <br />-Student performance data using a measure that is not nation- or statewide, using a measure developed by the SES provider, or using school grades, homework completion, or results from a school/teacher administered subject area test. |
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| | <br />-Letters of reference from previous clients, such as parents or students, offering testimonials on the positive impact of your program. | | <br />-Letters of reference from previous clients, such as parents or students, offering testimonials on the positive impact of your program. |