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Tak, Sangdong; Catsambis, Sophia – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Using national longitudinal data of students during their 9th and 11th grades, we address popular concerns over screen time activities distracting students' academic pursuits. We examine gender differences in the types of screen time use, expecting the skill-based activity of video gaming to be more common among boys and the socially oriented…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Grade 11, High School Students, Gender Differences
Jeff Allen – ACT, Inc., 2024
The PreACT® suite of assessments (PreACT® 8/9, PreACT®, and PreACT® Secure™) can be used to monitor students' progress toward college and career readiness. Scores are classified into one of three readiness levels based on chances of meeting the ACT College Readiness Benchmark. This data byte presents the updated score ranges for each readiness…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Evaluation, High School Students, Grade 8
Felicia Irving-Wynter – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Students in the local school district have continued to score below the state average on the standardized American Literature end-of-course (EOC) assessment. It was unclear what 9th-, 10th-, and 11th-grade teachers in the district were doing to prepare students for success on the American Literature EOC. The purpose of this basic qualitative study…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, High School Students
Jason Williamson – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Arkansas adopted the ACT ASPIRE as their summative assessment in 2015. ACT ASPIRE claimed their assessment results could accurately predict the composite scores on the ACT. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between students' scores on the ACT ASPIRE and the ACT for students in the Star City School District, as well as…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Prediction, Grade 11
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Zhang, Bo; Navejar, Regina – Urban Education, 2018
Students from urban high schools are usually faced with adverse environmental factors in their pursuit of academic success. These factors make learning more challenging and may confound the measurement of academic performance itself. This study explores how one such factor, ambient noise, affects the measurement of mathematics achievement.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, High School Students, Urban Schools, Urban Education
Texas Education Agency, 2021
This report presents Advanced Placement (AP) examination participation and performance results in Texas and the United States for the 2019-20 school year. The results are for public and nonpublic schools combined and are presented by race/ethnicity and gender. [For the 2018-2019 report, see ED604831.]
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Standardized Tests, Public Schools, Student Participation
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Johnson, Angela – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2020
This study estimates the causal impact of 8th grade English learner (EL) reclassification on high school English language arts (ELA) standardized test scores, SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) reading, and on-track to graduate status. I apply a regression discontinuity design to rich administrative data from a large district in California. The…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, High School Students, School Districts, Grade 8
Texas Education Agency, 2020
This report presents Advanced Placement (AP) examination participation and performance results in Texas and the United States for the 2018-19 school year. The results are for public and nonpublic schools combined and are presented by race/ethnicity and gender. [For "Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Examination Results in…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Standardized Tests, Public Schools, Student Participation
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Alvarado, Steven Elías – American Educational Research Journal, 2021
This study examines the association between college-bound friends and college enrollment using restricted transcript data from the High School Longitudinal Study. Propensity score matching and school fixed effects models suggest that having close college-bound friends is positively associated with enrolling in college. However, Black and Latino…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Peer Influence, College Attendance, High School Students
Elizabeth Kurban; Yinmei Wan; Mariesa Hawkins; Dana Shaat – American Institutes for Research, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the implementation and impact of the IDEA Public Schools' Mathematics Curriculum Redesign (MCR) effort, funded by an Innovation and Research (EIR) grant. Methods: The study used a quasi-experimental matching design to examine the effect of MCR on student achievement outcomes. The study compared…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Mathematics Curriculum, Grants, Educational Change
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Mihaly, Kata; Arellano, Brenda; Prier, Shannon – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
New Mexico is one of 48 states that offer a biliteracy seal to high school graduates to recognize their proficiency in a non -English language. The Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest English Learners Research Partnership collaborated with a large urban district in New Mexico to study the characteristics and college readiness of students who…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Language Proficiency, High School Graduates, Student Characteristics
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Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
This study snapshot highlights key findings from a study that examined who earns biliteracy seals in a large urban district in New Mexico and how they impact college outcomes. New Mexico is one of 48 states that offer a biliteracy seal to high school graduates to recognize their proficiency in a non-English language. The Regional Educational…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Language Proficiency, High School Graduates, Student Characteristics
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Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
The full study to these appendixes examined who earns biliteracy seals in a large urban district in New Mexico and how they impact college outcomes. The study used data from three cohorts of grade 12 students in the district from 2017/18 to 2019/20. The New Mexico Public Education Department and district leaders can use the findings to decide how…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Language Proficiency, High School Graduates, Student Characteristics
ICF International, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this two-year study was to assess the impact of the CORE program, a model that integrates technology and active learning modules in high schools by providing multi-disciplinary teams of teachers and administrators with professional development and resources to support the development of students' non-cognitive skills and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Program Effectiveness, Technology Integration, Active Learning
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Anderson, Kenneth Alonzo – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background/Context: This article summarizes an increasing trend of antideficit Black male research in mathematics and highlights opportunities to add to the research. A review of the literature shows that antideficit researchers often examine relationships between individual traits and persistence of high-achieving Black males in mathematics.…
Descriptors: High Achievement, High School Students, African American Students, Males
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