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Download full textWestrick, Paul – ACT, Inc., 2017
This study is an extension of two previous studies that provided profiles of persisting STEM majors overall (regardless of academic performance) and persisting STEM majors who earned semester GPAs of 3.0 or higher (Westrick, 2016, 2017). Using data from 25 four-year institutions, this study compared the mean ACT assessment scores, HSGPAs, and ACT…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Majors (Students), Profiles, Comparative Analysis
Westrick, Paul – ACT, Inc., 2017
Building upon the research findings in an earlier ACT Research Report (Westrick, 2016), this study used data from 119,131 students at 26 four-year institutions to make comparisons between STEM majors earning semester GPAs of 3.0 or higher and their STEM peers earning semester GPAs less than 3.0. The results indicate that the higher-performing…
Descriptors: STEM Education, High Achievement, Majors (Students), College Students
Mattern, Krista; Radunzel, Justine; Westrick, Paul – ACT, Inc., 2015
Although about 40% of high school graduates who take the ACT® test express interest in pursuing a career in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field, the percentage of first-year students in college who declare a STEM major is substantially lower. The pool of prospective STEM workers shrinks further as the majority of STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Benchmarking, Majors (Students), College Freshmen
Westrick, Paul – ACT, Inc., 2016
Using date from 120,612 students at 26 four-year institutions, this report provides a description of STEM majors entering four-year postsecondary institutions and those who persist through four years of study. The results indicate that persisting STEM majors enter college with very high levels of pre-college academic achievement as measured by the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Majors (Students), Academic Persistence, College Students
Radunzel, Justine; Mattern, Krista; Westrick, Paul – ACT, Inc., 2016
Research has shown that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors who are more academically prepared--especially in terms of their mathematics and science test scores--are more likely to be successful across a variety of outcomes: cumulative grade point average (GPA), persistence in a STEM major, and ultimately earning a STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Majors (Students), College Preparation, Academic Persistence
Westrick, Paul A. – ACT, Inc., 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine if validity coefficients for ACT scores and high school grade point average (HSGPA) decayed or held stable over eight semesters of undergraduate study in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields at civilian four-year institutions, and whether the decay patterns differed from those…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Validity, College Entrance Examinations, Scores
Westrick, Paul A. – ACT, Inc., 2015
This study examined the effects of differential grading in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and non-STEM fields over eight consecutive semesters. Using data from 62,122 students at 26 four-year postsecondary institutions, students were subdivided by institutional admission selectivity levels, gender, and student major…
Descriptors: Grading, Student Evaluation, STEM Education, Meta Analysis
