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Maximus Wins Contracts to Help States Serve Children and Youth through QRTP Assessments

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Thursday, July 15, 2021

Maximus has extensive experience providing best practice screenings, comprehensive assessments, and clinical reviews to optimize placement, supports, and services for children in states across the country.

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  • Maximus has extensive experience providing best practice screenings, comprehensive assessments, and clinical reviews to optimize placement, supports, and services for children in states across the country.
  • Maximus has worked with multiple states to adapt their level of care criteria specifically for FFPSA and the QRTP service settings, and successfully implemented their QRTP assessment operations.
  • Maximus is currently working with:
    Indiana: Supporting the Indiana Department of Childrens Services to provide assessments and re-assessments for youth that may require services in a QRTP.
  • To learn more about how Maximus has been helping states implement FFPSA and meet QRTP requirements, please visit maximus.com/assessments .

Skyfactor Announces Seven Winners of 2021 Assessment & Impact Awards in Housing and Residence Life

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Skyfactor Benchworks, a Macmillan Learning company, recognized a record number of colleges using data-driven programs to support on campus living with the Assessment and Impact Award for Housing and Residence Life.

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  • Skyfactor Benchworks, a Macmillan Learning company, recognized a record number of colleges using data-driven programs to support on campus living with the Assessment and Impact Award for Housing and Residence Life.
  • Residence life has historically played an important role in building community, ensuring students' success in college and improving graduation rates.
  • The Assessment and Impact Award for Residence Life was established in 2019 to recognize colleges that demonstrate intentionality in using insights from data to improve their residence life programs.
  • The self-nominations for next years housing and residence life awards will launch in early 2022.

National Louis University Pushes to Expand the Horizons for Transfer Students with New Partnership Program, Direct to Success

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

The development of D2S came out of an industry need to better support transfer students in their transition to 4-year universities.

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  • The development of D2S came out of an industry need to better support transfer students in their transition to 4-year universities.
  • A leaky transfer pipeline leaves on average 4.4 million students nationwide without a clear transfer pathway to Bachelor's degree attainment.
  • In the local Chicagoland market, this means that there is the potential to serve 10,000 additional transfer students.
  • Currently, direct transfer students at NLU are outperforming national benchmarks: their 4-year graduation rate at NLU is 55%, while the national average is 38%.

Pepperdine Graziadio Professor Kevin S. Groves Receives Fulbright US Scholar Award

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Thursday, June 17, 2021

The US Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board are pleased to announce that Kevin S. Groves , PhD, of Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (PGBS) has received a Fulbright US Scholar Program award to Austria.

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  • The US Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board are pleased to announce that Kevin S. Groves , PhD, of Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (PGBS) has received a Fulbright US Scholar Program award to Austria.
  • Groves will conduct research, teach, and engage in international academic collaboration projects at Management Center Innsbruck (MCI).
  • Groves will also identify program collaboration opportunities between MCI and PGBS focused on the study of family business succession planning and leadership transitioning.
  • As a Fulbright Scholar, Groves will share knowledge and foster meaningful connections across communities in the US and Austria.

New Research Shows Cambridge International Students Excel in College Courses

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

The data shows that the 4-year graduation rate for Cambridge students is much higher than students who enrolled at FSU with no credit via advanced high school programs.

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  • The data shows that the 4-year graduation rate for Cambridge students is much higher than students who enrolled at FSU with no credit via advanced high school programs.
  • Moreover, 98 percent of Cambridge students achieved passes in their subsequent FSU courses (grades above a C or 2.0 GPA) compared to 91 percent for the total cohort of FSU students.
  • Cambridge students tended to achieve higher grades, specifically 73 percent of Cambridge students receiving college credit achieved an A grade in their subsequent course while 49 percent of all students earned an A.
  • While the majority of students succeed in FSU subsequent courses regardless of their preparation, the data suggest that Cambridge students may be better prepared for high-level college achievement.

AEFIS Partners with Student Affairs Assessment Leaders to Expand Professional Learning

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

PHILADELPHIA, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AEFIS , the leading education technology company that partners with higher education to improve learner success through empowering authentic assessment for lifelong learning, announces its formal partnership with Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) .

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  • PHILADELPHIA, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AEFIS , the leading education technology company that partners with higher education to improve learner success through empowering authentic assessment for lifelong learning, announces its formal partnership with Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) .
  • AEFIS Academy is an open online community dedicated to professional learning and networking with a laserlight focus on assessment, strategic planning and best practices for teaching and learning.
  • "Our passion at AEFIS is to empower higher education leaders with resources they need to enhance student and faculty success.
  • Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) is a dynamic group of assessment leaders whose mission is to create an open and welcoming environment for educators who coordinate and/or contribute to assessment for and within divisions of student affairs to share and receive information and resources that will advance their work.

Global Higher Education Testing and Assessment Market | $ 3.67 Billion growth expected during 2020-2024 | Technavio

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Monday, June 7, 2021

NEW YORK, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The higher education testing and assessment market is poised to grow by USD 3.67 billion during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR ofover 4% during the forecast period.The report on the higher education testing and assessment market provides a holistic update, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis.

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  • NEW YORK, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The higher education testing and assessment market is poised to grow by USD 3.67 billion during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR ofover 4% during the forecast period.The report on the higher education testing and assessment market provides a holistic update, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis.
  • The higher education testing and assessment market analysis includes product segment and geographic landscape.
  • This study identifies the rise in automation of grading systems as one of the prime reasons driving the higher education testing and assessment market growth during the next few years.
  • The higher education testing and assessment market covers the following areas:
    Download the free sample report here: www.technavio.com/talk-to-us?report=IRTNTR44572

MindEdge Learning and UPCEA Study: Academic Institutions See Value in Non-Credit to Credit Pathways

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

Among institutions that are engaged in non-credit to credit pathway activities, 93% say they are doing so to help accommodate nontraditional, adult learners.

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  • Among institutions that are engaged in non-credit to credit pathway activities, 93% say they are doing so to help accommodate nontraditional, adult learners.
  • Of the responding institutions, 70% are four-year public institutions and 24% are four-year private institutions; another 3% are community colleges, and 4% categorize themselves as "other".
  • The majority of responses came from the respective institutions\' continuing education departments.\nNon-credit to credit pathways represent a break from the traditional "currency" of higher education, the academic credit.
  • That survey of 112 institutions found that only 30% currently offer non-credit to credit pathways, while 60% do not.

CAE and CenterPoint Education Solutions Collaborate to Support Mutual College and Career Readiness Goals

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

CenterPoint\xe2\x80\x99s curriculum-aligned interim and diagnostics measure understanding of content and where there may be learning gaps.\n\xe2\x80\x9cWe are excited about CenterPoint\xe2\x80\x99s partnership with CAE, a company that aligns with our mission to support all students on their path to college and career readiness,\xe2\x80\x9d said Laura Slover, CEO, CenterPoint Education Solutions.

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  • CenterPoint\xe2\x80\x99s curriculum-aligned interim and diagnostics measure understanding of content and where there may be learning gaps.\n\xe2\x80\x9cWe are excited about CenterPoint\xe2\x80\x99s partnership with CAE, a company that aligns with our mission to support all students on their path to college and career readiness,\xe2\x80\x9d said Laura Slover, CEO, CenterPoint Education Solutions.
  • Centerpointeducation.org\nA nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve student outcomes, CAE develops performance-based and custom assessments that authentically measure students\xe2\x80\x99 essential college and career readiness skills and identify opportunities for student growth.
  • Based on CAE\xe2\x80\x99s research, these skills are predictive of positive college and career outcomes.
  • Since 2002, more than 800,000 students at over 1,300 secondary and higher education institutions globally have completed CAE\xe2\x80\x99s assessments.

Sacramento-based Academy Learning Offering Hybrid Camps to Address Pandemic Learning Loss

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Monday, May 17, 2021

b'SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Academy Learning in Sacramento is responding to parents\' anxiety about "pandemic learning loss" by offering Academy Camps, a hybrid, all-day camp that combines personalized academic support with a long list of games and activities designed to appeal to kids.

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  • b'SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Academy Learning in Sacramento is responding to parents\' anxiety about "pandemic learning loss" by offering Academy Camps, a hybrid, all-day camp that combines personalized academic support with a long list of games and activities designed to appeal to kids.
  • Also, parent teacher groups are invited to help market the camps through a fundraising partnership.\n"Parents are telling us that they are both exhausted from the struggles of the last 14 months and worried their children have fallen behind," says Salli Ford, Academy Learning\'s Managing Director and Co-Founder.
  • "My team and I want to help parents by offering a summer day camp both they and their kids can get excited about.
  • "\nAcademy Camps states that each camper will have an individual Student Success Plan (SSP) managed by an Education Consultant (Credentialed Teacher), after administering Math, Reading, and Language Arts assessments and gathering input from parent(s) and teachers.The SSP will identify areas of concern, make recommendations, and map out a path forward during the camp and beyond.