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Nihat Polat; Laura Mahalingappa; Rae Mancilla – AERA Open, 2024
Language proficiency policies act as critical gatekeepers for multilingual international students (MIS) who intend to pursue an education at English-medium universities. The current study revisits the question of the predictive validity of a standardized English proficiency exam--International English Language Testing System (IELTS)--in comparison…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Syntax, Difficulty Level
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Johnson, Angela – AERA Open, 2019
Descriptive evidence shows that English learners (ELs) have lower high school graduation and 4-year-college attendance rates than monolingual and fluent English users. Applying the regression discontinuity design to rich administrative data from a large district in California, this study identifies the first causal effects of initial EL…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, English Language Learners, Classification, High School Graduates
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Koretz, Daniel; Yu, Carol; Mbekeani, Preeya P.; Langi, Meredith; Dhaliwal, Tasmin; Braslow, David – AERA Open, 2016
The current focus on assessing "college and career readiness" raises an empirical question: How do high school tests compare with college admissions tests in predicting performance in college? We explored this using data from the City University of New York and public colleges in Kentucky. These two systems differ in the choice of…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, College Entrance Examinations