Hello,

I would like to find out what percentage of freshman students take
remediation courses and why there are so many students that don't have
the necessary skills to start college level courses. I'm looking for
either statistics or an article on that topic. I'm also looking for
online products that exist on the market that not only test students
but also offer online remediation courses that help students to reach
a certain level of proficiency. If available some form of statistics
or report on the success rate of these courses would be great.

The one product I know of that tests students on skills is ACCUPLACER
offered by  the College Board of Education but that product doesn't
offer courses for students to enhance on skills:
http://www.collegeboard.com/highered/apr/accu/accu.html

There is PLATO: http://www.plato.com/ (but this seems to target pre-college level)

A recent announcement from SMARTTHINKING:
http://www.smarthinking.com/static/aboutUs/newsAndEvents/pressReleases/press63.cfm

Please let me know if there are to many questions and I will break
this up further.  Please send me any comments or questions.

Thanks for any help,

- Holger

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thanks for the info!  i will do as you advice