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ERIC Number: ED668935
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 159
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-5381-0802-2
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Is the Assessment Technologies Institute Test of Essential Academic Skills a Predictor of Student Success in Associate Degree Allied Health Programs at a Large South Carolina Technical College?
Candice Burgess Lewis
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Wingate University
Associate degree allied health programs (ADAHP) face multiple pressures to admit students who are likely to succeed and enter the workforce. In 2016, the Assessment Technologies Institute Test of Essential Academic Skills (ATI TEAS) was added as a required criterion of the supplemental program application at a community college in the southeastern United States. This study used a mixed-methods approach to determine which pre-program requirements are predictors of student success in eight ADAHP programs and which factors students identify as the best predictors of success. Additionally, the study determined if program acceptance was biased for or against individuals based on age, gender, or ethnicity. Logistic regression and backward logistic regression were used to identify significant covariates of student success. Of the eight programs reviewed, there were four in which ATI TEAS scores were significantly related to program success. Students in four programs had an increased probability of success as the score increased. For only one program were grades in pre-program courses found to be related positively to program success. No evidence was found of bias in admission based on age, gender, or ethnicity. In contrast to the quantitative results, focus groups revealed that students considered the pre-program science courses, previous healthcare experience, and job shadowing to be linked most strongly to program success, rather than the ATI TEAS. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Carolina
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