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Starobin, Soko S.; Schenk, Tom, Jr.; Laanan, Frankie Santos; Rethwisch, David G.; Moeller, Darin – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
Project Lead The Way (PLTW), which aims to create a seamless pathway from secondary education to college and career success in STEM fields, was first implemented in the state of Iowa in 2005. As a part of a statewide, longitudinal research in PLTW, this study explores the effectiveness of PLTW in college persistence by analyzing multiple data…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, STEM Education, Program Effectiveness, Academic Persistence
Ranson, James T.; And Others – 1973
The report assesses the ability of the 44 Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) students to maintain their expected academic competence as measured by a nationally normed achievement test, the Iowa Tests of Educational Development, administered at different times during the 1972-73 program year. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Career Education, Demonstration Programs
Forsyth, Robert A.; Feldt, Leonard S. – 1973
A brief discussion of the concept of validity, a description of the nature and purposes of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), and a rationale for the inclusion of ITED results as part of the overall program evaluation of a secondary school are presented. According to the authors, the ITED can validly be used as one of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Educational Programs
Foley, Walter J. – 1969
To determine comparative achievement of Title I pupils from 1966 through 1968, as measured by composite scores on the Iowa Testing Program, basic skills data were analyzed for 1,794 pupils on a two-grade span at the elementary level (grades 3-5 and 4-6) and educational development data were analyzed for 1,203 pupils on a two-grade span at the…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Achievement, Basic Skills, Cost Effectiveness