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Christopher Redding – Urban Education, 2025
Given urban school and district administrators' historical challenges with recruiting and retaining a high-quality, racially diverse teacher workforce, there is a need to better understand the factors shaping why graduates return to teach in their home district. This descriptive study examines the high school students who returned to teach in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High School Graduates, Gender Differences, Socioeconomic Status
Joann L. Moore; Joyce Z. Schnieders – ACT Education Corp., 2025
This study investigated the value of ACT Composite scores and high school GPA (HSGPA) in predicting first-year college GPA (FYGPA) and degree completion of students with disabilities who took the ACT with accommodations and enrolled at a two-year or four-year public institution in a single state in the southern US. Descriptive analyses found that…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Grade Point Average, High School Students
Alabama State Department of Education, 2024
The statistics and data in this 2024 Quick Facts document are drawn from various published sources and the Alabama State Department of Education. Provided is a snapshot of facts that includes: (1) Alabama students; (2) Alabama educators; (3) average daily attendance; (4) financial data; (5) National School Lunch Program (NSLP) lunches served; (6)…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Gender Differences, Racial Differences
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2024
The 2024 Nebraska Higher Education Progress Report is the 18th annual progress report designed to provide the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving three key priorities for Nebraska's postsecondary education system. These priorities were developed by the 2003 LR 174 Higher Education Task…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Government, School Statistics, Enrollment
Sheronda Yvette Rivers – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This ex-post facto quantitative study examined how a comprehensive STEM education program impacts high school students' ACT math and science scores as well as their attitudes toward STEM. Using data from one STEM-designated school, the researcher examined ACT math, science, and STEM results for students who took the ACT in the Spring of 2024,…
Descriptors: Magnet Schools, STEM Education, High School Students, Mathematics Achievement
Jeff Allen – ACT Education Corp., 2025
Among students in the 2024 ACT-tested graduating class, over 374,000 took the PreACT 8/9® or PreACT test before taking the ACT. This issue brief compares the ACT scores and college enrollment rates for students who took a test from the PreACT Suite of Assessments versus those who did not. The brief also examines average PreACT-to-ACT gain scores…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Scores, College Enrollment, Academic Achievement
Brian Holzman; Bethany Lewis; Hao Ma – Houston Education Research Consortium, 2024
This brief examines which students in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) are more likely to earn the STEM endorsement and whether STEM endorsement completion predicts college enrollment. Analyses show that gender, STEM magnet program enrollment, and cumulative high school grade point average (GPA) predict STEM endorsement completion.…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Prediction, College Enrollment, Gender Differences
Edgar I. Sanchez – ACT, Inc., 2025
Developmental education courses have been designed to support underprepared students, as they attempt to bridge the gap in academic knowledge among students who enter postsecondary education underprepared for college-level coursework. The effectiveness of these programs, however, particularly in terms of promoting degree attainment, remains an…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Majors (Students), Nonmajors, Remedial Instruction
Riley N. Loria; Edgar I. Sanchez – ACT Education Corp., 2025
The worldwide consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic affected virtually every domain of human life. The pandemic's impact on the education and development of children and adolescents was particularly severe given the closure of schools, shifts to online learning, and cancelation of college entrance exam administrations early in the pandemic. These…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Barriers, Career Readiness
Jenny Harris Gibson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This mixed-methods study explored American College Test (ACT) composite scores and Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) growth scores in connection with a student's race, socioeconomic status, and gender as well as perceived factors that promote or inhibit success on the ACT. Quantitative data were collected from existing TVAAS data for…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Sex, Racial Factors, Socioeconomic Status
Nastasia Schreiner; Aleksandr Shneyderman – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2024
This Research Brief examines the success of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) 12th grade students in meeting missing assessment graduation requirements through the non-reportable (NR) American College Testing ACT and the College Board SAT exams. 1337 students took either one of the exams or both in the spring of 2024, and most students took…
Descriptors: College Seniors, Graduation Requirements, Public Schools, Grade 12
Emily E. N. Miller; Sarah Pedersen – AERA Open, 2024
The roles of technology and education were at the forefront throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This mixed-methods study examines the role of the three levels of the digital divide (i.e., access, capability, and outcomes) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky. We create and analyze a new multifaceted measure of district-level digital capacity to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Technology, Mathematics Tests
Edgar I. Sanchez – ACT Education Corp., 2024
Prior research has shown the importance of the ACT score and high school GPA (HSGPA) in predicting college success. Early college success, as indicated by students' first-year college GPA (FYGPA), plays a pivotal role in later college success and timely degree completion (Demeter et al., 2022; Gershenfeld et al., 2016). The accurate prediction of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Scores, Predictor Variables
Edgar I. Sanchez – ACT Education Corp., 2024
This study offers a novel approach to evaluating the predictors of first-year grade point average (FYGPA) in college by using multiple imputation and dominance analysis to compare high school GPA (HSGPA), ACT® test score, and demographic factors. Unlike previous research that typically relied on single regression models, this study reveals more…
Descriptors: High School Students, Predictor Variables, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement
Edgar I. Sanchez – ACT Education Corp., 2025
The usefulness of college admissions test scores and high school GPA for predicting college success, particularly in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), has been widely debated. As colleges across the country face challenges in STEM student retention and achievement, understanding the factors that contribute to college…
Descriptors: Prediction, STEM Education, Accuracy, Scores
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