Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)

Those born at a time when the population's birth rate is sharply increasing -- used most frequently for the post World War II generation, especially those born between 1946 and 1965. Definition provided by ERIC: Institution of Education Sciences

Academic degrees awarded by a college or university in recognition of the successful completion of undergraduate studies. Definition provided by ERIC: Institution of Education Sciences

Educational movement stressing basic skills, achievement, and accountability -- begun in the early 1970s as a protest against school permissiveness and declining student performance. Definition provided by ERIC: Institution of Education Sciences

Sum of the regular and persistent influences (experiences, conditions, circumstances, events, etc.) contributing to the present development or characteristics of an individual, group, or organization. Definition provided by ERIC: Institution of Education Sciences

Tangible or intangible obstructions that block, hinder, delay, deter, or interfere with action, movement, progress, or development. Definition provided by ERIC: Institution of Education Sciences

Instruction that develops reading skills through the use of a series of reading materials which are designed in sequential steps for successive levels of achievement. Definition provided by ERIC: Institution of Education Sciences

Fundamental skills that are the basis of later learning and achievement. Definition provided by ERIC: Institution of Education Sciences

Developmental written composition or remedial writing instruction concerned with fundamental writing skills, including grammar, punctuation, organization, spelling, vocabulary, theme formulation, and revision -- also, basic writing for second-language students. Definition provided by ERIC: Institution of Education Sciences