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Download full textRadunzel, Justine – ACT, Inc., 2019
The optional ACT® writing test is designed to measure students' writing skills -- specifically, those skills emphasized and acquired in high school English classes and important for success in entry-level college composition courses. The test was first introduced in 2005, and in fall 2015, a number of enhancements to the former version were…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Writing Tests, Scores, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedHouse, J. Daniel; Prion, Susan K. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1998
This study investigated the predictive relationship between student attitudes and their subsequent achievement in a freshman composition course. Results indicated that academic background and student attitudes were significantly correlated with subsequent grade performance. Attitude variables were more closely related to overall grade performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College English, College Freshmen, Freshman Composition
