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Direct linkKannapel, Patricia J.; Flory, Michael A. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2017
This article reviews research on issues surrounding postsecondary transitions for youth in middle (North Central, Central, and South Central) Appalachia, a region that faces numerous education challenges because of its geography, poverty, and economy. Examining published research and data from 1995 to 2015, the review seeks to inform education…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Postsecondary Education, Rural Youth, Educational Research
What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
This study investigated the effect of the "College Possible" program, which is designed to serve low-income high school students. "College Possible" provides a 2-year afterschool curriculum to high school juniors and seniors that includes SAT and ACT test preparation services, college admissions and financial aid consulting,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, High School Students, Low Income Groups, Test Preparation
Harris, Joan R.; Puryear, Gwendolyn R. – 1973
The evaluation report examines three ACT demonstration projects (Adolescents in Child Training) in San Antonio, Chicago, and Little Rock designed to involve adolescents in child training through the classroom and actual field experience. Part 1 of the report describes the three projects with respect to their contextual, conceptual, and programatic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Child Care, Child Development
Kibler, Robert J., Ed. – 1964
This chapter outlines the procedures followed in an experimental program for low-achievers during their freshman year at Southern Illinois University. Specifically described are the experimental design, selection of subjects, and the treatment according to the experimental, control, and norm groups. In addition, the sample group is described in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Freshmen, College Programs
Testa, Alec M. – DATAWave, 1996
The DATAWave is a bi-weekly publication of the Assessment Resource Office (ARO) at Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU). Its purpose is to inform the campus community and broader constituencies on assessment issues and practices at ENMU. The seven issues of winter and spring 1996 cover the following topics: (1) a preview of ARO activities,…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Educational Research
Warming, Virginia Oliver – 1976
One hundred twenty college freshmen in the lowest 20% of their classes participated in a study of the relationships between scores on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test and the Cooperative English Test and varying levels of standing on ACT English and Social Studies and SAT Verbal Tests, by race and gender, controlling for high school grade-point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Communication Skills, Educational Research
Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb. Community Coll. Services. – 1970
This is a summary of 30 recent graduate studies in terms of (1) problem statement, (2) procedure description, and (3) significant findings. Most of the studies deal with the junior college student, and include reading achievement levels and scholastic performance, achievement and retention effects of course load requirements, and attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), Correctional Education, Educational Research
