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Showing 1 to 20 of 104 for “"Composite scores."”.
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Screening with FAST earlyReading measures: An examination of individual measures and composite scores
… evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of single and composite scores was examined. In kindergarten, minimal levels of diagnostic accuracy were met using composites with two measures in the fall and winter, but not spring. By winter and spring of first grade, use of a single screening measure exceeded …
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A Comparative Study of High School Academic Paths, Grade Point Averages, and ACT Composite Scores as Predictors of Success at Walters State Community College.
… paths as well as grade point averages and ACT scores students earned in high school.</p><p>The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between high school grade point averages, high school academic paths, ACT scores, and 1st-year college success as measured by the number of …
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Third grade standardized tests as indicators and estimates of future performance on the ACT
… between 3<sup>rd</sup> grade standardized test scores and ACT Composite scores in high school. A second purpose of the study was to determine the consistency of rank within a cohort from 3<sup>rd</sup> grade to high school as measured by standardized tests. Data consisted of standardized test …
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Association Between Clinical Decision Support System Use and Health Care Disparities in the Treatment and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Pneumonia
… had significantly higher unadjusted process composite scores as compared to micropolitan and small rural hospitals. Hospitals that use CDSS for clinical guidelines and those that use CDSS for clinical reminders had significantly higher unadjusted pneumonia process composite scores than each …
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The Effect of a 6-week Balance Training Program on Postural Stability
… was no significant change in postural stability composite score from baseline testing to post test. The postural stability composite score was reduced in both the male and female intervention groups (-0.19 ± 0.24 and -0.39 ± 0.42 respectively; p<0.05). Post-intervention no differences in postural …
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High School Contextual Variables and ACT Scores
… and school participation variables with ACT composite scores. Utilizing both a Pearson product moment statistical correlation and t-test for continuous variables and a One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for categorical variables, the researcher identifies and presents significant …
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The Relationship Between Advanced Academic Services And College Readiness Among Public High School Students In Rural Remote Appalachian Kentucky
… College readiness was measured in two ways: ACT composite scores and enrollment in college full-time immediately after high school. Findings from descriptive and comparative analyses indicated that participation in both AP and dual credit courses were associated with higher ACT composite scores …
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Evaluation of Equivalence Relations: Models of Assessment and Best Practice
… compared to cognitive and functional assessments scores with older adult participants with and without cognitive impairment as a systematic replication of Gallagher and Keenan (2009). Formation of equivalence relations after exposure to linear series (LS) training with 2 3-member stimulus classes …
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Neonatal Toxic Stress and Long-Term Neurodevelopment in Premature Infants
… for Bayley III cognitive, language, and motor composite scores. All significant predictors at the <em>p </em>< 0.05 level were included in the model, controlling for gestational age. Sociodemographic factors influenced long-term neurodevelopment at 2 years of age. Parent presence in the NICU …
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The Relationships of Achievement Scores in Reading and Language Arts and Selected Variables for Ninth Grade Students in Selected North Dakota Schools
… effect upon the mean language arts, reading and composite scores reported for ninth grade students in selected accredited North Dakota high schools.</p><p>Purpose</p><p>The study was designed to:<ol><li>1. Determine what relationships might exist between achievement scores in reading and language …
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Study of Personnel Attrition and Revocation within U.S. Marine Corps Air Traffic Control Specialties
… to determine the effects of AFQT score, ASVAB composite scores, demographics, and other measures of performance on the likelihood of personnel attrition and revocation. Results indicate that changing selection criteria for AFQT score or ASVAB composite scores is not warranted. It is recommended …
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The Efficacy of Residential Learning Communities on First Generation, First-Year College Students' Success at a Rural Regional University
… Pell Grant eligibility, high school GPA, and composite ACT scores, results showed participation in residential learning communities did not make a significant difference in the fall-to-fall retention rates or the EKU GPA of first-generation first-year students. It did show that gender, race, …
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Relationship of the IBM Writing to Read Program to Lower Elementary Academic Achievement
… of Basic Skills (ITBS) reading, language, and composite scores for student cohorts. One group received kindergarten reading instruction through IBM's Writing to Read program while the other group received kindergarten reading instruction through traditional methods. Procedure. The ITBS scores …
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The fourth edition of the Stanford-Binet intelligence scale and the Woodcock-Johnson tests of achievement : a criterion validity study
… Scale: Fourth Edition (SB:FE) area and composite scores and Sattler's SB:FE factor scores as predictors of school performance on the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement (WJTA).The subjects were 80 Caucasian third grade students enrolled in regular education in a rural and small town …
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Instructional Management and its Relationship to the Context of the School and Characteristics of the Principal
… administrative experience. When the rating scale composite scores were examined, administrative experience was the only variable that was statistically significant. Of the ten subscales included in the rating scale, eight were found to be statistically significant in relation to administrative …
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The construct validity of the behavior assessment system for children
… n = 108). The Normative Clinical Sample of TRS scores was multicollinear, and was not used.Five models were designed for each measure: a single factor solution, the theoretical model of the BASC, and three adaptations of the scoring system. Using AMOS, these models were fit to the samples. Only …
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The Effect Of Web-Based Learning On Retention Of Non-traditional Students in a Rural Comprehensive University
… classification, first generation, and ACT composite scores were used as predictor variables for the purpose of this study. Data were collected from the university's BANNER system. The analysis of the results revealed that the retention rates of students who participated in online courses …
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A comparison of two strategies used to reduce the number of dropout-prone students in urban middle schools
… was CEMS. The dependent variables were SRA composite scores, absences, days tardy, grade point average and office referrals. Project BASICS was used as a comparison group. Another purpose of this study was to determine whether or not CEMS and Project BASICS had any effect on selected …
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Relationship between the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)--and performance in fleet readiness squadron (FRS)--Acoustic Operator training
… Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores, specifically the composite of ASVAB subtests (AR + 2MK + GS) used to predict eligibility for formal training in the Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Operator (AW) rating, can actually predict the success or failure of enlisted personnel …
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A Quantitative Study of School Characteristics that Impact Student Achievement on State Assessments and those Assessments' Associations to ACT Scores in Tennessee.
… student, and school characteristics and ACT scores and the relationship these characteristics subsequently have with the TVAAS grades assigned to each high school's ACT scores. These home, student, and school variables were socioeconomic status, percentage of minority, graduation rate, …
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