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Download full textMoore, Joann L.; Schnieders, Joyce Z. – ACT, Inc., 2022
This study examined the performance, demographics, and contextual factors of students taking the ACT® test with accommodations compared to students taking the ACT without accommodations. We examined the prevalence of accommodations provided and disability categories as well as performance by disability type. We also examined demographic…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, College Entrance Examinations, Context Effect, Student Characteristics
Moore, Joann L. – ACT, Inc., 2021
This study examined the performance of English learners (ELs) taking the ACT® test with testing supports, as compared to ELs and non-ELs taking the ACT without supports or accommodations. Contextual factors were also explored, including high school experiences and demographic characteristics such as low-income and first-generation college student…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, College Entrance Examinations, Testing Accommodations, First Generation College Students
Mattern, Krista; Radunzel, Justine – ACT, Inc., 2015
Many students who earn a bachelor's degree also aspire to earn a graduate degree. In this study, we examined student and institutional characteristics that are related to graduate school enrollment. Student characteristics included demographic characteristics; high school performance measures, coursework taken, and extracurricular activities;…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Enrollment Rate, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics
McNeish, 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
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for private four-year colleges that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appended are: (1) Data for Private Four-Year Colleges and Universities; and (2) What Works in Student Retention: Instrument. (Contains 15…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for public four-year colleges and universities that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appended are: (1) Data for Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities; and (2) What Works in Student Retention: Instrument.…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Students
