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Download full textJoann L. Moore; Joyce Z. Schnieders – ACT Education Corp., 2025
This study investigated the value of ACT Composite scores and high school GPA (HSGPA) in predicting first-year college GPA (FYGPA) and degree completion of students with disabilities who took the ACT with accommodations and enrolled at a two-year or four-year public institution in a single state in the southern US. Descriptive analyses found that…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Grade Point Average, High School Students
Direct linkDinecola, Cassie M.; Ball, Annahita; Maberry, Steven – School Social Work Journal, 2015
College readiness is increasingly prioritized in federal and state policy initiatives. This study sought to examine the relationship between college readiness and several school-level factors. Specifically, quantitative data from 328 high schools were utilized to investigate the relationships among school-wide academic performance, school size,…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Social Work, College Entrance Examinations, Scores
Wai, Jonathan; Allen, Jeff – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2019
We examined 482,418 students who took the ACT in the seventh grade and again in high school, taking an exploratory analytic approach to examine academic growth trends from 1996 to 2017. Predictors included sociodemographics, interests, high school (HS) characteristics, HS coursework and GPA, and extracurriculars, which explained 25% of the…
Descriptors: Talent Development, Predictor Variables, Achievement Gains, Secondary School Students
Baer, Robert M.; Daviso, Alfred, III; Queen, Rachel McMahan; Flexer, Robert W. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine disproportionality in transition services for students with disabilities. The authors predicted that students' transition services and secondary programs would be driven not only by their postschool goals, but also by their gender, ethnicity, disability, and school setting. To test this hypothesis, the…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Disproportionate Representation, Disabilities, Special Education
Scarfone, Melissa Delores – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate if there are differences in how cognitive and noncognitive variables predict academic performance for college students with learning disabilities. In particular, this study examined the extent to which the cognitive variables of high school grade point average and SAT (combined verbal and math) or ACT…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedShookhi-Yekta, Mohsen; Retish, Paul M. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1996
A study examined 10,835 high school students with disabilities who took the American College Testing entrance examination, to determine whether more coursework completed by the students resulted in higher test scores. It was found that "coursework completed" was the best predictor of scores in math but not in English. (CR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Courses
Peer reviewedShokoohi-Yekta, Mohsen; Kavale, Kenneth A. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
Comparison of data on 8,748 students with learning disabilities (LD) and 78,757 nondisabled peers who took the American College Testing (ACT) examinations found ACT performance less predictable for the LD group. For both groups, math credits best predicted ACT Math scores, and high school grade point average best predicted ACT English and Science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, College Entrance Examinations, Credits
