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Glaesser, Judith; Cooper, Barry – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2012
We investigate the relations between gender, parental education, ability, and educational achievement in Britain, focusing on the way in which gender and parental education interact with ability to contribute to a pupil's obtaining secondary school qualifications. This allows us to provide evidence relevant to claims concerning the effects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evidence, Comparative Analysis, Secondary School Students
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Augustyniak, Kristine M.; Cook-Cottone, Catherine P.; Calabrese, Nancy – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
This study assesses the predictive validity of the Phelps Kindergarten Readiness Scale (PKRS) for later academic achievement and explores the utility of a domain-specific measure of kindergarten readiness. Kindergarten readiness scores were significantly correlated with both math and language arts achievement as measured by New York State…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Kindergarten, Structural Equation Models, Predictive Validity