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Wasley, Paula – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
The home-school movement, a once-marginalized segment of the educational community, is all grown up and going off to college. As colleges across the nation report increasing numbers of applications from home-schooled students, policies have been developed to evaluate these candidates. Translating years of independent study into something that…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, Independent Study, Home Schooling, School Guidance
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Provasnik, Stephen; Planty, Michael – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
"The Condition of Education" summarizes leading developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report, which is required by law, is an indicator report intended for a general audience of readers who are interested in education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Characteristics, College Students, Academic Persistence
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Adebayo, Bob – Journal of College Admission, 2008
The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which cognitive and non-cognitive measures predict academic success for conditionally-admitted students enrolled in a comprehensive public university. Stepwise multiple regression analyses reveal that one cognitive variable (high school grade point average) and two non-cognitive measures…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, College Admission, Academic Standards
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Yaqub, Muhammad Zafar; Nazar, Muhammad Suhail; Yaqub, Rana Muhammad Shahid – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2009
The quality of output from a process, to a substantial extent, depends upon quality of the input. The performance of an educational institution badly suffers when it faces a "wear out" in the quality of its in-take. Sometimes it is a deficient induction criterion due to which inappropriate elements hold majority in admitted population of…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Academic Achievement
Schmidt, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
This article reports the findings of a new study conducted by the two researchers at Princeton University, Douglas S. Massey and Margarita Mooney. The study was based on data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen, which covers about 3,900 students who entered 28 public and private selective colleges in the fall of 1999. The study found…
Descriptors: Alumni, Admission Criteria, College Students, College Admission
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Silva, Tim; McKie, Allison; Knechtel, Virginia; Gleason, Philip; Makowsky, Libby – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2014
In Fall 2009 and Spring 2010, 30 teaching residency programs received funding through one of 28 Teacher Quality partnership grants awarded to establish or expand residency programs. These programs follow a model of teacher preparation in which prospective teachers complete graduate-level coursework alongside a year-long fieldwork experience in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Graduate Study, Field Experience Programs, School Districts
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Silva, Tim; McKie, Allison; Knechtel, Virginia; Gleason, Philip; Makowsky, Libby – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2014
In Fall 2009 and Spring 2010, 30 teaching residency programs received funding through one of 28 Teacher Quality partnership grants awarded to establish or expand residency programs. These programs follow a model of teacher preparation in which prospective teachers complete graduate-level coursework alongside a year-long fieldwork experience in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Graduate Study, Field Experience Programs, School Districts
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Delaney, Anne Marie – Tertiary Education and Management, 2008
Based on a longitudinal study of entering freshmen at a selective, private college in northeastern USA, this article provides a model for designing retention studies for assessment. Results from discriminant analysis revealed average high school grade, admission rating, and first semester average college grade as significant predictors of…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Private Colleges, Longitudinal Studies, College Freshmen
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Murray, Angela; Peyton, Vicki – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2008
Public Montessori elementary schools have two challenges: They strive to achieve a child-centered Montessori environment and must also address the demands of state and federal requirements developed for more traditional educational settings. This study analyzes how schools were operating on both fronts. On the one hand, the study measured the…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Elementary Schools, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement
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Zhao, Yong – Educational Leadership, 2007
Despite a policy focus on educating the whole child, China continues to struggle with a culture of testing, placing a premium on academic knowledge to the detriment of a more well-rounded curriculum. Students are overworked, lack adequate sleep, and have little time for anything beyond school work. The Chinese Ministry of Education has enumerated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Admission Criteria, College Admission
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Moore, Randy – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2006
The goal of this study was to determine how ACT Aptitude Ratings (AAR, a pre-admission criterion) of first-year students are associated with various aspects of their first-year experiences. AAR scores were only weakly correlated with students' first-semester grade point averages (GPA), as well as their second-semester grades and attendance rates…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Attendance, Biology
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Kennen, Charles B. – Journal of Educational Research, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Freshmen, College Students
Birnbaum, Robert – J Educ Res, 1970
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Community Colleges, Hypothesis Testing
Denton, Jon J.; Davis, Trina J.; Capraro, Robert M.; Smith, Ben L.; Beason, Lynn; Graham, B. Diane; Strader, R. Arlen – Online Submission, 2007
The purpose of this research was to determine whether particular biographic and academic characteristics would predict whether an applicant would matriculate into and successfully complete an online secondary teacher certification program for Texas public schools. Extensive biographic data on applicants were compiled into a program data base…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Secondary Education, Admission Criteria, Teacher Certification
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Gibson, Pamela A.; Leavitt, William M.; Lombard, John R.; Morris, John C. – College Student Journal, 2007
The use of standardized examinations as a factor in admission decisions in Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs is a customary practice at many universities. Aptitude testing of pre-service, recent baccalaureate recipients is a means of assessing continued academic success in a graduate program. However, we contend, a growing diversity…
Descriptors: Student Records, Grade Point Average, Public Administration, Standardized Tests
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