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Epps, Rebekah B.; Adams, Randy J.; Vincent, Stacy K. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine how school schedules can or cannot be justified through the perspective of student performance on state core content assessments and occupational skills standards assessments. This study utilized the Theory of Power in Education when considering school schedules as a means to student success on core content…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Secondary School Students, School Schedules, Time Management
CNA Corporation, 2017
This summary document highlights findings from CNA's study, "Manufacturing a Way to Career Readiness: How Industry Measures Student Readiness" (ED612988). In the study, CNA Education examined how central Kentucky employers in a high-wage, high-growth industry--advanced manufacturing--determine the readiness and additional training needs…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Manufacturing Industry, Measures (Individuals), Job Applicants
Flory, Michael – CNA Corporation, 2017
More clarity on career readiness and how to measure it would help educators prepare students for adult life and inform industry professionals who hire young adults. This report is a step in providing that information by exploring how a high-wage, high-growth industry--advanced manufacturing--determines the readiness and additional training needs…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Manufacturing Industry, Measures (Individuals), Job Applicants
Longwell-Grice, Robert; McIlheran, Janine; Schroeder, Mark; Scheele, Steve – Learning Assistance Review, 2013
The Praxis test is one of a series of national teacher certification exams written and administered by the Education Testing Service (ETS) since 1947. Currently, forty states now require some form of the Praxis Series (Educational Testing Service, 2011). Using pre- and post-tests similar to the Praxis I math exam, this study examined the affect…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Educational Testing, Praxis, Tutoring
Guam Department of Education, 2019
The Guam Department of Education ("GDOE") presents this report in compliance with Guam Public Law (PL) 26-26 that specifically requires the Department to report on the following information in the Annual State of Public Education Report ("ASPER"): (1) Demographic information on public school children in the community; (2)…
Descriptors: Public Education, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Graduation Rate
Ugulu, Ilker; Yorek, Nurettin – Online Submission, 2015
The purpose of this research is to investigate the opinions of the pre-service teachers toward teacher selection system and civil servant selection exam (KPSS). In this study, qualitative re-search methods and semi-structured interviews were used and researcher-made questionnaires containing open-ended questions were administered. The study group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Selection
Kyllonen, Patrick C. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2013
In the latter part of the 20th century, behavioral scientists and society generally adopted a cultural belief that cognitive ability was the most significant determinant of educational and workforce outcomes. This led to efforts to raise students' test scores, the promotion of teachers who were successful in doing so, and heavy if not…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, College Role, Teamwork
Schultz, Deanna; Stern, Sam – Career and Technical Education Research, 2013
College and career readiness is a concern in both business and education arenas. Employers are calling for entry-level employees with basic academic skills and educators are being held accountable for student achievement in similar academic areas. In this environment, WorkKeys has emerged as a set of assessments that could respond to the needs of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Schultz, Deanna D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Concern about college and career readiness has been expressed in both the business and education arenas. Employers are calling for entry-level employees with basic academic skills and educators are being held accountable for student achievement in academic areas similar to those required by employers. In this environment, WorkKeys has emerged as a…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Jackson, Pamela S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Inmates face challenges in obtaining employment once they leave prison because many are undereducated and lack work skills. This study examined demographic and criminogenic variables of inmates in Michigan Department of Correction's (MDOC) Community and Employment Readiness Training (CERT) and Michigan State Industries (MSI) programs that were…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Career Readiness, Correctional Education, Demography
Lakes, Richard – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2011
Work-ready is used to measure employability levels among the working classes. This is the neoliberal era of human capital accounting, and global business pins its profits and losses on worker knowledge and job skills. Employers do not believe that school-based curriculums are capable of properly preparing future workers; and the paper diploma is…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Commercialization, Human Capital, Labor Force Development
Bertsch, Sharon; Pesta, Bryan J. – Intelligence, 2009
Lynn, Harvey and Nyborg [Lynn, R., Harvey, J., & Nyborg, H. (in press). Average intelligence predicts atheism rates across 137 nations. "Doi:10.1016/j.intell.2008.03.004".] discovered that average intelligence (IQ) co-varies with national atheism rates. Extending this work, we investigated relationships among individual IQ scores,…
Descriptors: Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Cognitive Tests, Occupational Tests
Hendrick, Ruth Z.; Raspiller, Edward E. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
Twenty-first century is seeing changes in the nature of work, the workforce, and employment practices. These changes, along with increased employer need to select employees who will have the best fit with particular jobs in order to increase return on investment, are leading employers toward greater use of preemployment assessments. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Outcomes of Education, Labor Turnover, Program Effectiveness
Christopher, Andrew N.; Furnham, Adrian; Batey, Mark; Martin, G. Neil; Koenig, Cynthia S.; Doty, Kristin – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
To learn if Protestant ethic endorsement predicted intelligence controlling for the big five personality factors, 364 college students from England and the United States completed a 65-item multifaceted work ethic endorsement measure, the 50-item Wonderlic Personnel Test, and a 60-item measure of the big five personality factors. A hierarchical…
Descriptors: Protestants, Occupational Tests, Personality, Foreign Countries
Hall, Jon D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined possible relationships between cognitive ability, teacher dispositions, and content knowledge and elementary classroom achievement. Data was gathered on teachers using the Wonderlic Personnel Test(TM), Star Teacher Pre-Screener(TM) and Praxis II(TM) assessments and compared to classroom growth on the Measurement of Adaptive…
Descriptors: Selection Tools, Teacher Selection, Occupational Tests, Grade 5