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Wehde-Roddiger, Christina, Trevino, Rolando; Anderson, Pamela; Arrambide, Teresa; O'Conor, Juana; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2012
As high schools offer more pre-Advanced Placement (pre-AP) and Advanced Placement (AP) courses to prepare students for college academics, students often are given quality grade point average (GPA) points to help compensate for the rigorous curriculum. In states where class ranking determines automatic university admission, fluctuations of class…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Academic Achievement, Class Rank, Grade Point Average
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Scott, Timothy P.; Tolson, Homer; Lee, Yi-Hsuan – Journal of College Admission, 2010
The College Board Advanced Placement Program allows high school students to take college-level courses and if an appropriate score on an exam is received, college credit is earned. While the program has had its detractors (access in rural and inner-city schools, lack of diversity, pre-selection of talented students, poor articulation with actual…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, High School Students, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement
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Trautwein, Ulrich; Ludtke, Oliver; Marsh, Herbert W.; Nagy, Gabriel – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Results from prior research indicate that a student's academic self-concept is negatively influenced by the achievement of others in his or her school (a frame of reference effect) and that this negative frame of reference effect is not or only slightly reduced by the quality, standing, or prestige of the track or school attended (a "reflected…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Social Psychology
Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2010
Traditionally class rankings have been used by high schools to determine valedictorians and salutatorians. These rankings have also been used by colleges to make admission decisions and for awarding scholarships. While there is no direct link between college rank and college admission, there is evidence that not using class rank can reduce stress…
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Admission, Scholarships, High Schools
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Woodyard, Catherine Dane; Hallam, Jeffrey S. – Journal of American College Health, 2010
Objective: The purpose of the study was to determine whether students consume alcohol in greater quantities when drinking in celebration of an event or holiday versus typical drinking use. Celebratory occasions include tailgating during football games, holidays, and the beginning and ending of academic semesters. Participants: Traditional…
Descriptors: Holidays, Class Rank, Drinking, Undergraduate Students
Patterson, Barbara E. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this research is to compare students' perceptions of the learning environment in a traditional science classroom and a field study classroom. This mixed methods study used a sequential explanatory design. Phase one was the quantitative phase using two survey tools. A modified version of the "What is happening in this Classroom…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Class Rank, Investigations, Student Attitudes
Weems, Amy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In 2001, the Louisiana Board of Regents adopted the "Louisiana Master Plan for Public Postsecondary Education: 2001" as a signal for new accountability standards in Louisiana institutions of higher education. The purpose of this study was to examine the power of the academic criteria utilized by the "Master Plan" to predict…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Master Plans, Public Colleges, Predictor Variables
Rowett, Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Texas' 2006 House Bill 1, which required all high schools in Texas to provide students with the opportunity to earn a minimum of 12 hours of college credit prior to their graduation beginning the fall of 2008, changed the high school experience. The goal of the bill was to smooth the transition from high school to higher education. By looking at…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Dual Enrollment, College Credits, High School Students
Cox, Leah Kendra – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines student's perception of the campus racial climate and interactional diversity at selective undergraduate liberal arts institutions through an examination of data collected in the 2005 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). Student responses are selected from institutions identified as members of a specified group of…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Gender Differences, Institutional Characteristics, Enrollment
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Niu, Sunny X.; Tienda, Marta – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2010
The University of Texas at Austin administrative data between 1990 and 2003 are used to evaluate claims that students granted automatic admission based on top 10% class rank underperform academically relative to lower ranked students who graduate from highly competitive high schools. Compared with White students ranked at or below the third…
Descriptors: High Schools, Class Rank, Standardized Tests, Racial Differences
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Davidson, Theresa C. – College Student Journal, 2009
This study examines service-learning participation and religiosity for their effect on structural and individualistic attributions for poverty. Research on these factors is either insufficient or nonexistent. The data for this study come from a random sample of college students in a Southeastern state. Results indicate that participation in a…
Descriptors: College Students, Poverty, Student Attitudes, Attribution Theory
Wilson, James K., III – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to better predict how a first semester college freshman becomes prepared for college. The theoretical framework guiding this study is Vrooms' expectancy theory, motivation plays a key role in success. This study used a hierarchical multiple regression model. The independent variables of interest included high school…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, College Readiness, College Freshmen, College Preparation
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Naimy, Viviane; Nasser, Ramzi; Romanowski, Michael H. – Journal of College Admission, 2009
An early admission call-up was used to attract high-achieving students to a private university in Lebanon. The call-up, which is essentially an offer of admission before the student takes any formal steps, was administered to the top 25th percentile ranked students of main feeder schools at a private university in Lebanon. Data were accrued for…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Foreign Countries, Early Admission, High Achievement
Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix – Centre for Economic Performance, 2013
We find an individual's rank within their reference group has effects on later objective outcomes. To evaluate the impact of local rank, we use a large administrative dataset tracking over two million students in England from primary through to secondary school. Academic rank within primary school has sizable, robust and significant effects on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Class Rank, Progress Monitoring, Effect Size
Potamites, Liz; Booker, Kevin; Chaplin, Duncan; Isenberg, Eric – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2009
New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit organization committed to training school principals, heads the Effective Practices Incentive Community (EPIC), an initiative that offers financial awards to effective educators. Through this initiative, New Leaders offers financial awards to educators in two urban school districts and a consortium of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Awards
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