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Jackson, Pamela S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Inmates face challenges in obtaining employment once they leave prison because many are undereducated and lack work skills. This study examined demographic and criminogenic variables of inmates in Michigan Department of Correction's (MDOC) Community and Employment Readiness Training (CERT) and Michigan State Industries (MSI) programs that were…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Career Readiness, Correctional Education, Demography
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Field, Dennis Wayne – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1999
Linear modeling of data from 591 Iowa secondary students (grade point average, state percentile rank, and Work Keys test scores) revealed disparities in prior academic achievement and Work Keys math scores between students in applied academics and students in traditional academic courses. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Mathematics Achievement
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Schulz, E. Matthew; Kolen, Michael J.; Nicewander, W. Alan – 1997
This paper compares modified Guttman and item response theory (IRT) based procedures for classifying examinees in ordered levels when each level is represented by several multiple choice test items. In the modified Guttman procedure, within-level number correct scores are mapped to binary level mastery scores. Examinees are then assigned to levels…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Item Response Theory, Mathematics Tests