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WWC Review of the Report "Evaluation of the College Possible Program: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial." What Works Clearinghouse Single Study Review
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
The 2013 study, "Evaluation of the College Possible Program: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial", investigated the effect of the "College Possible" program, which is designed to serve low-income high school students by providing SAT/ACT test preparation, financial aid consulting, and college admissions guidance in an…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Regression (Statistics), Low Income, High School Students
A Study of Education Today: Interactive Classroom Educational Technology Strategies (ICETS)
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Diaz, Jorge Luis – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research study was conducted in order to use the created program Interactive Classroom Educational Technology (ICETS) with students attending an inner-city high school for developing testing skills to enable higher scores on the test formally known as the American College Test (ACT), now simply named the ACT, English subtest. The proposed…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Intervention, Educational Change, Urban Schools
Impact of a School-Based Test Preparation Course on ACT Scores with Consideration of Cultural Associations
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Justus, Leisa Collins – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Student success in attaining college acceptance, gaining scholarship(s), and having postsecondary education or workforce choice is closely tied to achievement on the most widely used and accepted college entrance examination, the "ACT". Researchers have studied various interventions designed to impact "ACT" scores, but one…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Ethnicity