About the Project

Establishing good standards in Basic Skills

The Basic Skills Initiative: Student Success Continuum is funded by a grant from the Chancellor's Office. The Basic Skills Professional Development Initiative—Academic Fundamentals is being proposed out of the need to provide basic skills, and by extension English as a Second Language (ESL), education to students underprepared for college-level work, including those unable to pass the California High School Exit Exam.
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Awards

ASAE's Associations Advance America Award

The Academic Senate received ASAE’s Associations Advance America Award for its work on the Basic Skills Initiative. This national award recognizes associations that propel America forward.  Click here to read the press release.

Basic Skills Initiative Database

The Basic Skills Initiative Effective Practices Database. Click here...

The Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) created the database of professional development and student programs as a part of the English as a Second Language/Basic Skills Professional Development grant funded by the California Chancellor’s Office.  This database contains programs, strategies and practices that colleges submitted using two criteria: demonstrated student success and sufficient quantitative and/or qualitative data to substantiate their effectiveness.