Educational stakeholders would be better informed if they could use their students' formative assessments results and personal background attributes to predict the conditions for achieving favorable learning outcomes, and conversely, to gain awareness of the "at-risk" signals to prevent unfavorable or worst-case scenarios from happening.…

Predicting the students' performance has become a challenging task due to the increasing amount of data in educational systems. In keeping with this, identifying the factors affecting the students' performance in higher education, especially by using predictive data mining techniques, is still in short supply. This field of research is usually…

Since problems associated with the statistical methodology of educational research are becoming increasingly important, this paper examines a subset of problems associated with the analysis and interpretation of aggregated data. Two major questions arise: (1) if a researcher knows the level (e.g., individual, teacher/classroom, school, school…

Fundamental problems in the collection and use of data, in particular the need to develop and use criteria for data, are discussed. Specific examples of the use and misuse of data related to teachers and children in the public schools are presented. Two methods of data collection--manifest techniques and formal response instruments--are evaluated…

A computer-analyzed statistical study of a means by which a pupil's probable success in a senior data processing class can be predicted while he is still in junior high school. (Editor)

Article investigated the use of biographical, personality, attitudinal and motivational information for predicting creative potential. (Author/RK)

The problem of determining grades on a common scale for two groups offering a common paper in an examination was examined. Three theoretical methods were offered and the results of applying them to some data provided by the East Midland Regional Examinations Board were compared. (Author/RK)

A predictive-control model was used to assess individual progress and grade-place gain for computer assisted instruction in logic at Stanford University. An investigation of this application of the model, its usefulness in curriculum evaluation, and its suitability as the basis for a feedback control system is reported. (RAO)

Provides statistical assessment of the amount of money developing countries will need to meet an estimated demand for primary education. Evaluates the cost of providing universal primary education by the year 2000. Concludes that African nations must increase spending on education the most, followed by Asia, with the smallest increase required in…

The present study was conducted to establish a scoring key for the Guilford Zimmerman Temperament Survey appropriate for predicting academic performance. Results point to the utility of non-cognitive measures in predicting academic performance, particularly when scoring keys tailored to the specific situation are empirically derived. Suggestions…

Author asks how much longer education can continue to place so much interest, value and faith in letter grades when he, along with other educational researchers, has shown the minimal relationship between aptitude scores and grades. (Author/RK)

The predictive validity of the Devereux Elementary School Behavior Rating Scale was investigated for 299 suburban children who were largely from upper-middle class homes and well above average in intelligence. Teacher ratings on the Devereux were completed for the students while they were in kindergarten and these ratings were used to predict…

Compares the Metropolitan Readiness Test with the opinion a parent or teacher has of a child for predicting success in the first grade. Results of a two year study are analyzed. (RK)

Although a complex process, canonical correlation has numerous potential advantages over other predictive techniques, the most important being that canonical correlation predicts several criterion variables simultaneously. The paper shows how the method can be used for industrial and vocational-technical education data. (Author)