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Download full textEmily E. N. Miller; Sarah Pedersen – AERA Open, 2024
The roles of technology and education were at the forefront throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This mixed-methods study examines the role of the three levels of the digital divide (i.e., access, capability, and outcomes) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky. We create and analyze a new multifaceted measure of district-level digital capacity to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Technology, Mathematics Tests
ACT, Inc., 2017
ACT's annual Condition of STEM reports provide essential national data on student interest and achievement in STEM subjects. The latest report--"STEM Education in the U.S.: Where We Are and What We Can Do"--takes the data one step further by pairing the latest findings with promising practices aimed at improving STEM achievement and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, State of the Art Reviews, Educational Practices, Best Practices
Direct linkLaskey, Marcia L.; Hetzel, Carole J. – Learning Assistance Review, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influence the retention and GPA of students in a college program designed for at-risk students. The study was conducted at a midsized private university in the Midwest. The sample consisted of 115 at-risk students enrolled in a Conditional Acceptance Program (CAP). Three years of CAP…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Private Colleges, At Risk Students, College Students
Sadler, Ronald A.; Ching, C. T. K. – 1974
The composite American College Test (ACT) scores of 7,928 Nevada students (University of Nevada Office of Counseling and Testing data for the years 1968, 1970, 1971, and 1972) were used as a measure of district educational quality to investigate the relationships between educational quality and various factors hypothesized to have an effect upon…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Differences, Economic Status
Lindberg, Denise; And Others – 1985
Despite the adoption of special state funding formulas that address the needs of small schools, Utah educators have continued to observe an imbalance in academic performance between rural and urban students. This report examines: academic achievement in Utah's small schools; factors related to school size that may influence academic achievement;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, College Preparation, Faculty Workload
House, J. Daniel; And Others – 1995
This study investigated the efficacy of noncognitive variables for predicting college student achievement in an introductory psychology course. The sample included 102 new first-year students at a private urban university and 233 new first-year students at a rural public university. Data were collected on self-ratings of overall academic ability,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, College Freshmen, Grade Prediction
Edington, Everett D. – 1981
The American College Testing (ACT) scores of New Mexico public high school graduates who applied for admission to New Mexico State University in 1981 were analyzed to determine the relationship between ACT scores and school size. The schools were divided into 6 categories according to enrollment: less than 100 students (15 applicants), 100-199…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, College Applicants
