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Means, Barbara; Wang, Haiwen; Wei, Xin; Young, Viki; Iwatani, Emi – International Journal of STEM Education, 2021
Background: Inclusive STEM high schools seek to broaden STEM participation by accepting students on the basis of interest rather than test scores and providing a program sufficient to prepare students for a STEM major in college. Almost nonexistent before the present century, these high schools have proliferated over the last two decades as a…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Inclusion, STEM Education, High Schools
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Westrick, Paul A.; Schmidt, Frank L.; Le, Huy; Robbins, Steven B.; Radunzel, Justine M. R. – Educational Assessment, 2021
This meta-analytic path analysis presents evidence that first-year academic performance (FYAP), measured by first-year grade point average (FYGPA) plays the major role in determining second-year student retention and that socioeconomic status (SES), measured by parental income, plays a negligible role. Based on large sample data used in a previous…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Grade Point Average