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Download full textEdgar I. Sanchez – ACT Education Corp., 2024
Prior research has shown the importance of the ACT score and high school GPA (HSGPA) in predicting college success. Early college success, as indicated by students' first-year college GPA (FYGPA), plays a pivotal role in later college success and timely degree completion (Demeter et al., 2022; Gershenfeld et al., 2016). The accurate prediction of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Scores, Predictor Variables
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Direct linkSage, Andrew J.; Cervato, Cinzia; Genschel, Ulrike; Ogilvie, Craig A. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2021
Students are most likely to leave science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors during their first year of college. We developed an analytic approach using random forests to identify at-risk students. This method is deployable midway through the first semester and accounts for academic preparation, early engagement in university…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Identification, Student Satisfaction, At Risk Students
McNutt, Stephen Bishop – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Written at a time when the number of students taking standardized tests in U.S. public schools is at an all-time high, this dissertation presents and analyzes the contribution of standardized testing to intellectual identity formation as portrayed within the oral histories of four adults from the post-"A Nation at Risk" (1983) and…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Public Schools, Discourse Analysis, Oral History
Komarraju, Meera; Ramsey, Alex; Rinella, Virginia – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
Identifying the best predictors of academic performance is crucial for postsecondary institutions seeking students with the greatest promise. We investigated the relative strength of standardized test scores (ACT), high school GPA, and non-cognitive, college readiness skills in predicting college GPA. College freshmen (505) completed the 108-item…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Readiness, Intellectual Disciplines, At Risk Students
