Introduction: Despite the necessity for adults with lower literacy skills to undergo and succeed in high-stakes computer-administered assessments (e.g., GED, HiSET), there remains a gap in understanding their engagement with digital literacy assessments. Methods: This study analyzed process data, specifically time allocation data, from the Program…

We present an empirical study on the use of keystroke analytics to capture and understand how writers manage their time and make inferences on how they allocate their cognitive resources during essay writing. The results suggest three distinct longitudinal patterns of writing process that describe how writers approach an essay task in a writing…

In education, considerable attention has been paid to the characteristics and prevalence of high school dropouts. However, pregnant teenagers present a special case of dropouts since many have interrupted their schooling by force rather than by choice. Additionally, the cross-sectional nature of most dropout studies precludes an investigation of…