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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"high school performance"”.
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Predicting College Graduation: Are Admissions Test Scores and High School Performance Measures Adequate
"Admission to most institutions of higher education is based primarily on test scores and high school performance. These measures should properly be used to predict first-year grades; however, their de facto use is in choosing who will most likely graduate. I found the best predictors of college …
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High School Performance of Cape Verdean Immigrant Students in New Bedford: A Linguistic Perspective
… of the countries that have included EL in their school programs; the quality of the learning process in English is a permanent issue for Cape Verdean schools. In this project, Cape Verdean immigrant students in New Bedford, Massachusetts, who started their high school education in Cape Verde and …
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A Comparison of Predictors of Student Grades in Online and Face-to-Face Community College Courses
… aid status, educational goals, and select high school performance measures. It, then, explores similarities and differences between the finding for online and face-to-face courses.
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An exploration of extra and classroom variables for three measures of college mathematics achievement
… of four categories of extra-student variables: high school performance, demographic characteristics, Myers-Briggs personality preferences and mathematics attitudes on three measures of college mathematics achievement (a Problem-Solving Test, an Algebra Skills Final Examination and course grade …
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Student Success: Approaches to Modeling Student Matriculation and Retention
<p>Every year a group of graduates from high schools enter the engineering programs across this country with remarkable academic record. However, as reported in numerous studies, the number of students switching out of engineering majors continues to be an important issue. Previous studies have …
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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.
… of students attempting to enter college after high school, the competitive nature of college admissions continues to grow. Colleges and universities are attempting to find the appropriate means to adequately predict collegiate success. Common methods of this prediction have come from a variety …
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A Simulation Model of the Effect of Admissions Testing Policy on How Students Sort to Colleges
… with income, including test scores and performance in high school. Inspired in part by the current state of the use of testing in college admissions, this study examines how the quality of colleges attended by students with varying levels of academic achievement and income changes when …
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Development of a predictive model for student-athlete retention and graduation at Louisiana State University
… variables for each dependent variable. High school performance variables, characteristics of the high school attended, achievement test scores, demographic and sport variables were used to develop a pre-college model for both retention and graduation. College performance variables that …
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Degree Completion Among College Students and Astin's Student Typology Framework
… issue for stakeholders and others concerned with higher education (Astin, 1997; Braxton, 2000; Porter & National Institute of Independent Colleges and Universities, 1990; Selingo, 2001). The research on degree completion in American higher education is extensive. Studies have been conducted on …
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Methods to Evaluate and Predict Student Success in Introduction to Animal Science at Western Kentucky University
… on the first and last day of class. Student high school performance measures including the American College Test scores (ACT), percentile rank within class (HSPILE), and high school grade point average (HSGPA) were collected. Dependant variables were average beginning assessment (ABA), …
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Essays on Technology and Work
… on employment, skill demand, and firm performance. The main finding is that advanced technologies led to increases in employment and no change in skill composition. Our main research design focuses on a technology subsidy program in Finland that induced sharp increases in technology …