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Download full textJeff Schiel – ACT Education Corp., 2025
Recent results from large-scale testing programs (e.g., the ACT® test, Programme for International Student Assessment) show declines over time in high school students' mathematics performance. Such declines can be concerning for many, including students, parents, and educators. Several factors could be related to mathematics performance declines,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Mathematics Achievement, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
Jeff Schiel – ACT Education Corp., 2024
Disparities in technology access currently exist for adults, but do they also exist for high school students? If so, might the disparities have lessened since ACT first investigated this matter? This study examined high school students' access at home and school to four types of technological devices (desktop computers, laptop computers, tablets,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Access to Internet, Access to Computers
Peer reviewedSternberg, Robert J.; Wong, Chak Haang; Kreisel, Anastasia P. – Journal of Intelligence, 2021
Cultural intelligence is one's ability to adapt when confronted with problems arising in interactions with people or artifacts of diverse cultures. In this study, we conduct an initial construct-validation and assessment of a maximum-performance test of cultural intelligence. We assess the psychometric properties of the test and also correlate the…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Cultural Awareness, Adjustment (to Environment), Intelligence Tests
Houston Independent School District, 2019
In 2017-2018, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) launched Achieve 180, a program centered upon a comprehensive action plan to increase student achievement at 45 schools, including the 27 schools that received the Texas Education Agency Campus Accountability rating of "Improvement Required" (IR) in 2016-2017 and 18 former IR…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, School Districts, Educational Environment
Anthony, Kenneth Vance – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this study was to gain an in depth knowledge of the day to day activities of home school families in order to better understand the instructional approaches, curriculum decisions, and challenges. Four themes were addressed: motivations, operations, resources, and challenges. Findings about motivations to home school included: (a)…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Traditional Schools, Home Schooling, Motivation
Noble, Julie; Davenport, Mark; Schiel, Jeff; Pommerich, Mary – 1999
This study examined the relationships between students' noncognitive characteristics and their performance on the ACT Assessment. Of particular interest were the contributions of these noncognitive variables to explaining ACT Assessment performance (over and above course work taken, grades earned, and high school attended). The sample for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Course Selection (Students), Educational Environment
