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Download full textMcNeish, Daniel M.; Radunzel, Justine; Sanchez, Edgar – ACT, Inc., 2015
This study examined the contributions of students' noncognitive characteristics toward explaining performance on the ACT® test, over and above traditional predictors such as high school grade point average (HSGPA), coursework taken, and school characteristics. The sample consisted of 6,440 high school seniors from 4,541 schools who took the ACT in…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, College Entrance Examinations
Direct linkZimmermann, Scott – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
There has been a steady increase in the number of so-called dual-credit classes which allow high school students to earn high school and college credits simultaneously. There also has been an increase in the number of such classes students are taking. The author asks whether the classes are ameliorating the problems they were intended to fix:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, College Credits, Dual Enrollment
Peer reviewedHuerta, Jeffery; Watt, Karen M. – American Secondary Education, 2015
This quantitative study examined first-year university and community college students who were former Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) high school students. Participants in this study were students from groups that are underrepresented in higher education. In the first sample of 329 graduates, grade point average and college credit…
Descriptors: College Preparation, High School Graduates, College Bound Students, Two Year College Students
