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Download full textZeyu Xu; Ben Backes; Amanda Oliveira; Dan Goldhaber – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
This study adds to the currently limited evidence base on the efficacy of interventions targeting non-college-ready high school students by examining the impact of Kentucky's Targeted Interventions (TI) program. We focus on interventions that students received under TI in the senior year of high school based on their 11th grade ACT test scores.…
Descriptors: Intervention, High School Students, College Preparation, Grade 11
Allen, Jeff; Suh, Hongwook; Heneger, Jeremy – ACT, Inc., 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruptions to the educational system in Nebraska and across the world. At the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, schools in Nebraska were forced to replace on-site instruction with virtual instruction. During the 2020-2021 academic year, many students learned online or under hybrid learning formats.…
Descriptors: Scores, COVID-19, Pandemics, College Entrance Examinations
Direct linkPeters, Joshua A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
There is a lack of knowledge in whether there is a difference in results for students on paper and pencil high stakes assessments and computer-based high stakes assessments when considering race and/or free and reduced lunch status. The purpose of this study was to add new knowledge to this field of study by determining whether there is a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Lunch Programs, High Stakes Tests
Peer reviewedMarchetti, Ryan; Wilson, Randal H.; Dunham, Mardis – Educational Research Quarterly, 2016
This study compared the employment, extracurricular participation, and family structure status of students from low socioeconomic families that achieved state-approved benchmarks on ACT reading and mathematics tests to those that did not achieve the benchmarks. Free and reduced lunch eligibility was used to determine SES. Participants included 211…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Extracurricular Activities, At Risk Students, Low Income Students
Wilson, Janet S. – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2017
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide SAT participation and performance for the 2017 graduates in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). The College Board redesigned the SAT with the goal of measuring essential skills for college and career as well as relating the test content to everyday learning in classrooms. The redesigned SAT was…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Student Participation, High School Graduates
Sanderson, Geoffrey T. – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2014
SAT participation and performance are milestones on the path to college and career readiness. This report provides the results for SAT participation and performance in Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) for the class of 2014. Analysis of postsecondary outcomes for MCPS graduates indicates that graduates who took the SAT were more…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Career Readiness, Outcomes of Education, Scores
