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Kelli A. Bird; Benjamin L. Castleman; Zachary Mabel; Yifeng Song – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Colleges have increasingly turned to predictive analytics to target at-risk students for additional support. Most of the predictive analytic applications in higher education are proprietary, with private companies offering little transparency about their underlying models. We address this lack of transparency by systematically comparing two…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Higher Education, Predictive Measurement, Models
Lelys Dinarte-Diaz; Maria Marta Ferreyra; Tatiana Melguizo; Angelica Maria Sanchez-Diaz – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Short-cycle higher education programs (SCPs), lasting two or three years, capture about a quarter of higher education enrollment in the world and can play a key role enhancing workforce skills. In this paper, we estimate the program-level contribution of SCPs to student academic and labor market outcomes, and study how and why these contributions…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Length, Educational Quality, Correlation
Dan Goldhaber; Katherine Baird; Suvekshya Gautam – Center for Education Data & Research, 2024
In this paper we analyze the extent to which a mandated kindergarten assessment predicts 3rd grade outcomes, and the academic progression for students from 3rd grade to high school. We find that the kindergarten assessment strongly predicts 3rd grade outcomes, with the math skills assessment being especially predictive of 3rd grade academic…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
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Bloom-Weltman, Julia – National Center for Education Statistics, 2019
Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems grant-funded projects represent one of the most developed and systemic K-12 education data projects in U.S. history. This report reviews what types of K-12 data elements are included in state systems, data linking with other systems, and how the data are used for reporting and decision making.
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Information Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Data Use
Marini, Jessica; Shaw, Emily; Young, Linda; Ewing, Maureen – College Board, 2018
This study investigated differences in college grading practices (first-year grade point average and course grades) by student and institutional characteristics and by academic discipline to inform and improve our understanding and use as among the most commonly employed criteria in validity and college readiness research. In addition, trends in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Grading, College Students, Student Characteristics
Gill, Tim – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2022
The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is available for students in Key Stage 5 (KS5), to be taken alongside other qualifications, such as A levels. It differs from most other academic qualifications at KS5 because it is not examined, but instead involves students undertaking an in-depth project in an area of their choosing. Students are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Exit Examinations, Independent Study
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Bryan, Michael; Cooney, Darryl; Elliott, Barbara – National Center for Education Statistics, 2019
The 2012/17 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:12/17), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) at the U.S. Department of Education, is the second follow-up of students who began postsecondary education in the 2011-12 academic year. BPS:12/17 draws from the 2011-12 National Postsecondary Student Aid…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Postsecondary Education, Student Financial Aid, School Statistics
Heslop, Joanne – Student Transitions Project, 2017
The Student Transitions Project (STP) newsletter focuses exclusively on student mobility within the B.C. public post-secondary system. In this context, student mobility includes the sequential or simultaneous enrollment of academic credit registrants attending one or more B.C. public post-secondary institutions throughout their academic studies.…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Postsecondary Education, Transitional Programs, Enrollment Trends
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Wolf, Patrick J.; Lasserre-Cortez, Shannon – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2018
Charter schools are public schools authorized to operate with some independence from district or state public school regulations, while still being held accountable for student outcomes. Like traditional schools operated by school districts, charter schools are free and are intended to be open to all students who desire to attend. This study…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, Traditional Schools, Special Education
Rodriguez, Olga; Hill, Laura; Payares-Montoya, Daniel – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
These technical appendices are for the report, "English as a Second Language at California's Community Colleges: An Early Examination of AB 705 Reforms." Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705 Irwin) sought to increase successful completion of transfer-level math and English courses by addressing systemic problems in traditional placement policies…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Hewitt, Rachel; Natzler, Michael – Higher Education Policy Institute, 2019
Higher education institutions collect and hold huge amounts of data on students, whether for regulatory purposes or to gather information about students' experiences. In this report we explore students views on data security, learning analytics and the information universities hold and share on students' health and wellbeing. [This report was…
Descriptors: Information Security, Student Attitudes, Young Adults, Learning Analytics
Park, Rina Seung Eun; Scott-Clayton, Judith – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2017
This document was designed as a companion to the full report entitled "The Impact of Pell Grant Eligibility on Community College Students' Financial Aid Packages, Labor Supply, and Academic Outcomes." Provided here are the appendices to the full report as follows: (1) Methods for Choosing Optimal Bandwidths; (2) Gerard, Rokkanen, and…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Eligibility, Student Financial Aid
Texas Education Agency, 2016
This report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 2005-06 through 2015-16 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Public Education Information Management System. Enrollment data are provided by grade, race/ethnicity, gender, and economically disadvantaged status, and for special populations…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Enrollment Trends, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
Bettinger, Eric; Fox, Lindsay; Loeb, Susanna; Taylor, Eric – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2015
Online college courses are a rapidly expanding feature of higher education, yet little research identifies their effects. Using an instrumental variables approach and data from DeVry University, this study finds that, on average, online course-taking reduces student learning by one-third to one-quarter of a standard deviation compared to…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Conventional Instruction, Delivery Systems, Intermode Differences
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Barrat, Vanessa X.; Berliner, BethAnn – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2016
Numerous studies over the past two decades have examined the prevalence, causes, predictors, and prevention of high school dropout, but comparatively little is known about students who drop out and later re-enroll. This study contributes to an emerging body of research on re-enrollees that challenges the perception that when students drop out,…
Descriptors: Dropouts, High School Students, Reentry Students, Public Schools
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