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What Boosts Talent Development? Examining Predictors of Academic Growth in Secondary School among Academically Advanced Youth across 21 Years

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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

Mathematics from High School to Community College: Preparation, Articulation, and College Un-Readiness

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Jaffe, Louise – ProQuest LLC, 2012

This research studied the role of mathematics as a roadblock to college completion for community college-bound students in California. Using longitudinal quantitative analysis, I observed the educational pipeline between high school and community college and analyzed how different high school mathematics histories predicted readiness, or…

Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Two Year College Students, College Bound Students, Barriers

Differential Coursework and Grades in High School: Implications for Performance on the ACT Assessment. ACT Research Report Series 89-5.

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Noble, Julie P.; McNabb, Terry – 1989

A random sample of the records of all juniors and seniors tested under the American College Testing Program (ACT) during 1986-87 was selected to assess the relationships among the number and type of college preparatory courses students take, their grades in those courses, and their ACT test scores. Focus was on the impact of differential…

Descriptors: Academic Records, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation