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Wright, William S. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The achievement gap between private and public school college-bound students has continued to widen each year since 1972. The researcher studied the relationship of Christian school college-bound students' religiosity/spirituality using a validated survey instrument and their achievement as measured on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. The literature…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Christianity, Private Schools, College Bound Students
Litscher, Kenneth Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Based on previous research, there are several student characteristics that have been identified to affect academic success of first-year students in college. However, there are few studies that examine if the type of high school (public, private faith-based, private secular, or homeschool) from which a student graduates affects grade point average…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Institutional Characteristics, High Schools, Grade Point Average