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Joshua S. Walz – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The problem this study addressed is based on research that has shown that students reading below grade level at the end of third-grade are at higher risk of not graduating high school on time with their peers or not graduating high school at all. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether third-grade reading proficiency is an indicator…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Reading Skills, Reading Achievement
Steedle, Jeffrey T. – ACT, Inc., 2019
GPS Education Partners is a community-based nonprofit organization and the only manufacturing-specific, statewide Department of Workforce Development Youth Apprenticeship Program in Wisconsin. During 1-2 years of study at GPS, students meet high school graduation requirements, receive industry-specific and job-specific training and technical…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Credentials, Career Readiness, Education Work Relationship
May, Alison L.; Stone, C. Addison – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2014
In a quasi-experimental evaluation of the possible role of stereotype threat in the academic performance of college students with learning disabilities (LD), students with (N = 29) and without (N = 62) identified LD took a simulated Verbal GREĀ® task in one of two conditions modeled after those used in past stereotype threat (ST) research. The task…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Stereotypes, Social Bias, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2010
One of the key requirements of the Common Core State Standards for Reading is that all students must be able to comprehend texts of steadily increasing complexity as they progress through school. By the time they complete the core, students must be able to read and comprehend independently and proficiently the kinds of complex texts commonly found…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Glossaries

Stiggins, Richard J.; And Others – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1978
Various American College Test (ACT) score combinations were used to predict students' performance on numerous reading tests at a large number of postsecondary institutions. These studies indicated a high level of predictive accuracy. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, High Schools, Higher Education, Predictive Validity
Carney, Myrna; Geis, Lynna – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1981
Data from a standardized reading test and student background information were correlated to determine relationships. Self-assessed reading scores and other data may be used for predicting retention, academic performance, and reading ability. Differences were found between persisters and dropouts on these variables. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Dropout Prevention, Higher Education
Bloesser, Robert; And Others – 1968
In an attempt to help college students who needed remedial work in English composition and reading, a combination of four courses (two in English and two in psychology) by means of team teaching and block scheduling was designed at Foothill College. During the spring of 1968, 30 selected students met during a 2-hour block of time five days a week.…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Tests