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Deering, Pamela Rose – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This research compares and contrasts two approaches to predictive analysis of three years' of school district data to investigate relationships between student and teacher characteristics and math achievement as measured by the state-mandated Maryland School Assessment mathematics exam. The sample for the study consisted of 3,514 students taught…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Mathematics Achievement
Winter, Alexandra Selman – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This project study sought to evaluate the effects of implementing quarterly predictive testing and remediation on National Certification and Licensure Examination-Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN) pass rates of an associate's degree nursing program at a small Midwestern community college. The college's pass rate on the NCLEX-RN has been below both the…
Descriptors: Licensing Examinations (Professions), Predictive Measurement, Remedial Instruction, Nursing Students
Mettler, James R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
According to many higher education experts, merit scholarship screening methods discriminate against a disproportionate number of underrepresented minority (URM) students. The screening methods, however, favored individuals with the highest achievement test scores and above-average GPAs. The assumption in the common selection model is that test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competition, Achievement Tests, Merit Scholarships