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Direct linkElaine M. Allensworth; Kallie Clark – Grantee Submission, 2020
High school GPAs (HSGPAs) are often perceived to represent inconsistent levels of readiness for college across high schools, while test scores (e.g., ACT scores) are seen as comparable. This study tests those assumptions, examining variation across high schools of both HSGPAs and ACT scores as measures of academic readiness for college. We find…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, College Entrance Examinations, Predictor Variables, Academic Persistence
Elaine M. Allensworth; Kallie Clark – Educational Researcher, 2020
High school GPAs (HSGPAs) are often perceived to represent inconsistent levels of readiness for college across high schools, whereas test scores (e.g., ACT scores) are seen as comparable. This study tests those assumptions, examining variation across high schools of both HSGPAs and ACT scores as measures of academic readiness for college. We found…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, College Entrance Examinations, Predictor Variables, Academic Persistence
Dinecola, Cassie M.; Ball, Annahita; Maberry, Steven – School Social Work Journal, 2015
College readiness is increasingly prioritized in federal and state policy initiatives. This study sought to examine the relationship between college readiness and several school-level factors. Specifically, quantitative data from 328 high schools were utilized to investigate the relationships among school-wide academic performance, school size,…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Social Work, College Entrance Examinations, Scores
Patton, Bess Llewellyn – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The framework for this study used Tinto's (1975) theoretical framework for student persistence and incorporated the examination of high school wealth, the absence of poverty, as measured by the percentage of students receiving Federal Free and Reduced Lunch, along with North Carolina Department of Public School performance measures, academic…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, High Schools, Poverty, Low Income Groups
Allensworth, Elaine M.; Gwynne, Julia A.; Moore, Paul; de la Torre, Marisa – University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2014
This report is designed to provide a detailed picture of the relationship between students' performance in the middle grades (grades five through eight) and their subsequent performance in high school and college among students in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). The key findings of this report have been summarized in briefs for middle grade and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Intermediate Grades, High School Students, College Students
South, Suzanne Lawson – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to analyze school and district characteristics for 2005-2006 through 2007-2008 to determine which factors impacted science achievement for the graduating class of 2008-2009 in Tennessee. School size, socioeconomic status, per pupil instructional expenditures and rurality/urbanicity were predictor variables.…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Science Achievement, Institutional Characteristics, School Size
