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Miranda, Eveline De Medeiros; Sanchez, Edgar I. – ACT, Inc., 2022
As part of a larger research study entitled "Where Do Test Scores Fit in a Test-Optional Environment," the authors surveyed students who took the ACT on June 11, 2022, in order to better understand why high school students would take a standardized test like the ACT when they knew they were applying to test-optional institutions. Among…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, School Role, College Admission, Admission Criteria
Ruffalo Noel Levitz, 2024
When do students start the college planning process? How many plan to take the SAT or ACT? How much do they value a college degree? RNL and Halda surveyed more than 2,200 high school students to answer these and many other key questions. Read our 32-page college planning report and discover a wealth of findings on: (1) when students start to…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, College Planning, Student Attitudes
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Williamson, Manda J.; Garbin, Jonah – Teaching of Psychology, 2022
Background: Researchers suggest benefits for cooperative learning, but often fail to control for choosing to engage cooperatively, ACT scores or early course performance. Objective: To observe the effects of choosing cooperative work on exam performance in an Introduction to Psychology Course, while controlling for early exam performance and ACT.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Decision Making, Cooperative Learning, Scores
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Robert J. Sternberg; Jenna Landy; Jennifer Long – Roeper Review, 2024
Procedures for identifying the gifted often make use of tests of general intelligence, among other assessments. Robert J. Sternberg recently suggested that identification of the gifted should further involve assessment of what he refers to as adaptive intelligence--the ability to adapt to real-world environments. Such a conception of intelligence…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Gifted, Identification
NWEA, 2020
To help provide context to MAP® Growth™ normative percentiles, this document includes multiple College and Career Readiness (CCR) benchmarks, including those from ACT®, SAT®, and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced). The comparative data in the tables presented in this report can be used as data points for instructional…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations
William Parker Morgan IV – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Accurate placement into an initial college mathematics course is a key step toward the successful completion of college mathematics and, eventually, a college degree. Conversely, misplacement in mathematics may lead to a reduced likelihood of course completion and degree attainment. This study investigated the ability of two placement models to…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, College Students, Student Placement, Mathematics Achievement
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Bye, Jeffrey K.; Harsch, Rina M.; Varma, Sashank – Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2022
Algebraic thinking and strategy flexibility are essential to advanced mathematical thinking. Early algebra instruction uses 'missing-operand' problems (e.g., x - 7 = 2) solvable via two typical strategies: (1) direct retrieval of arithmetic facts (e.g., 9 - 7 = 2) and (2) performance of the inverse operation (e.g., 2 + 7 = 9). The current study…
Descriptors: Algebra, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic
Howland, Shiloh; Moore, Raeal; Sanchez, Edgar I. – ACT, Inc., 2021
From the first cases of COVID-19 emerging in early February 2020 to the wave of school closings across the country in mid-March, the effects of the pandemic have been felt across the United States. In light of unprecedented changes, ACT's researchers sought to understand how high school students, specifically rising seniors, were being impacted.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, High School Seniors, College Attendance
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Hartman, Jenifer J.; Janssens, Radford; Hensberry, Karina K. R. – Education Leadership Review, 2020
Data-driven decision making is a critical leadership skill. This study describes how leadership at a four-year university used extant data to improve student outcomes. The University identified the high rate of first-time-in-college (FTIC) student withdrawal/failure in initial algebra courses as having a detrimental effect on other student success…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Placement, College Mathematics, Leadership
Howland, Shiloh; Moore, Raeal; Sanchez, Edgar I. – ACT, Inc., 2020
Across demographic groups, incoming seniors (class of 2021) have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, and some have altered their college plans accordingly. Most seniors are planning to attend the same type of institution they were planning on before the pandemic, but about half are planning on a different institution, one closer to home, or…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, High School Students, College Attendance
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Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
This Study Snapshot highlights key findings from a study on the associations between high school students' self-reported social-emotional competencies and students' high school and college academic and behavioral outcomes in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). In May 2019 grade 11 and 12 students in public high schools in the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Social Development, Emotional Development, Competence
Allen, Jeff; Cruce, Ty; Dingler, Colin – ACT, Inc., 2023
ACT is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help people achieve education and workplace success. To help fulfill that mission, ACT offers school-day testing programs that provide all students with state- or district-funded access to its college readiness and admissions assessment, removing barriers to testing and opening doors to…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Testing, Nonprofit Organizations, Access to Education
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Logue, Christen Tomlinson; Zins, Brittany M.; Flynn, Sarah M.; Dewhurst, Chris J. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
Many universities offer career exploration courses designed to assist students in making effective career choices; however, it remains unclear whether pre-existing resources have a significant influence on students' ability to benefit. The purpose of this study was (a) to measure the efficacy of a career exploration course at an Appalachian…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Instructional Effectiveness, Geographic Regions, Decision Making
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Spight, David B. – NACADA Journal, 2020
As college completion rates are a top priority for institutions and other stakeholders, understanding college student persistence is important. Some perceive students making an early decision about a major as necessary for success in college, arguing that enrolling as undeclared contributes to student attrition. Previous research about undeclared…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Decision Making, Academic Persistence, Gender Differences
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Radasanu, Andrea; Barker, Gregory – Honors in Practice, 2021
While there is scant evidence that standardized test results (SAT/ACT) predict college success, these scores can act as barriers to college admissions and honors programs, particularly for students in underserved communities. This study examines the impact of transitioning from an honors admission framework--in which standardized tests are a key…
Descriptors: College Admission, Admission Criteria, Inclusion, Honors Curriculum
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