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Catching up to College and Career Readiness

ACT, Inc., 2012

In recent years educators and policymakers have set a goal that students graduate from high school ready for college and careers. However, as a nation we are far from achieving this goal, particularly for low-income and minority students. For example, in states where all eleventh-graders take the ACT[R], only 27 percent of low-income students in…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Readiness, Minority Group Students, Career Readiness

Differential Effects on Student Demographic Groups of Using ACT® College Readiness Assessment Composite Score, Act Benchmarks, and High School Grade Point Average for Predicting Long-Term College Success through Degree Completion. ACT Research Report Series, 2013 (5)

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Radunzel, Justine; Noble, Julie – ACT, Inc., 2013

In this study, we evaluated the differential effects on racial/ethnic, family income, and gender groups of using ACT® College Readiness Assessment Composite score and high school grade point average (HSGPA) for predicting long-term college success. Outcomes included annual progress towards a degree (based on cumulative credit-bearing hours…

Descriptors: College Readiness, Educational Assessment, Demography, Scores

Chain Effects: The Impact of Academy Chains on Low Income Students

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Hutchings, Merryn; Francis, Becky; De Vries, Robert – Sutton Trust, 2014

The authors analysed school performance data to review how well disadvantaged pupils achieve in academy chains. They included chains only if they had at least three academies in 2013, and two sponsored secondary academies for the whole period from September 2010 to July 2013. This means that academies are included in our analysis only when there…

Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Disadvantaged, Student Records, Academic Achievement

MPCP Longitudinal Educational Growth Study: Fifth Year Report. SCDP Milwaukee Evaluation Report #29

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John F. Witte; Deven Carlson; Joshua M. Cowen; David J. Fleming; Patrick J. Wolf – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2012

This is the final report in a five-year evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). This report features analyses of student achievement growth four years after the authors carefully assembled longitudinal study panels of MPCP and Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) students in 2006-07. The MPCP, which began in 1990, provides…

Descriptors: Urban Schools, Private Schools, School Choice, Educational Attainment

Milwaukee Longitudinal School Choice Evaluation: Annual School Testing Summary Report 2010-11. SCDP Milwaukee Evaluation Report #32

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Jacob, Anna M.; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2012

The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) is the nation's oldest and largest urban school choice program, offering private-school scholarships to low-income students in the city of Milwaukee since 1990. In the early years of the program, voucher schools were not required to test their students, though many of them did so using nationally normed…

Descriptors: Urban Schools, Private Schools, School Choice, Educational Testing

The Nation's Report Card Mathematics 2011 State Snapshot Report. Wyoming. Grade 4, Public Schools

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National Center for Education Statistics, 2011

Each state and jurisdiction that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2011 mathematics assessment receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. Overall results, achievement level percentages and average score results, comparison of the average score in 2011 to…